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to the benefits of private security sector participation
detailed above, the creation of host country national
contractor jobs provides real benefits to damaged
economies and builds host community buy-in towards a new future, while continuing to develop local
infrastructure long after all stability operations forces
or implementers have left.
The private sector has the ability to provide stability and capacity building services as neutral, non-state
actors in a manner that contributes to reducing political frictions. Too often, states bring political biases
or historical legacies that can have an adverse impact
on political solutions. Wise selection of private firms
can reduce these tensions and facilitate reconciliation.
Ultimately, increases in contingency contracting is a
direct result of the growing recognition of the value
that the industry brings to international contingency
contracting, stabilization operations, and complex environment intervention.
Voluntary Accountability
Demands for specific PSC services have grown to
record levels in recent decades, and private firm’s capabilities now include an array of services that are vital to the success of combat operations as well as other
more traditional stability operations and contingency
contracting. While past calls for corporate responsibility have heralded successes such as the Kimberley
Process and the Extractive Industries Transparency
Initiative in widespread international operations,
there has also been a move within the PSC and contingency contracting industries to call for accountability
and to implement a code of ethics for the retention of
services and operations of such service providers.

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