Conflict and Development in Africa: A Proposed Regional Approach

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Country background

• Post conflict countries (e.g. Burundi, Congo,
  DRC and Rwanda)
• In most of the cases, the roots of the conflict
  are related to poor governance
• In most of the cases, all stakeholders
  recognized the negative impact of poor governance
  and corruption on the countrys development as
  well as the need to embark effectively on
  tackling these issues (e.g. GAC) and expressed in
  the I-PRSP (e.g. Congo), PRSP (e.g. DRC, Burundi)
  although the level of ownership by the country
  varies from fully owned by the gov. (e.g. DRC,
  Rwanda) or driven from outside (CSO, dev.
  Partners) (e.g. Congo)

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What did you learn through the implementation of
our CAS/TSS/GAC

• The after conflict in a country provides window
  of opportunity for change and if seized could
  yield results even on very complex agenda such as
  governance (e.g. Rwanda). Unless peace dividend
  materialize, the conflict can easily resurge.
• The level of impact depends on the level of
  ownership by the country. It does not matter how
  many conditionality / triggers that you can
  build in a program, what makes the difference is
  the level of commitment/ownership
• The civil society can be instrumental in moving
  forward the reform program but their
  effectiveness depends by and large on the level
  of maneuver they have. In successful cases, their
  role has moved from criticism to partnership
  with the authorities (through a lot of bumps on
  the roads) (e.g. forestry sector in DRC)

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How did we adjust our CAS/ISN and operations

• Governance and anti-corruption is prominent in
  the WBs agenda (e.g. Africa Action Plan)
• Governance is a key pillar of our new CAS/ISN
  (e.g. DRC, Congo). In some cases, it is almost
  the only pillar when our effectiveness only
  depends how the governance can move ahead (e.g.
  Congo)
• Governance and anti-corruption measures are part
  of the HIPC completion triggers (e.g. Congo)
• Our new operations include heightened governance
  components (e.g. DRC)

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How did we adjust our CAS/ISN and operations?

• Some of TA/capacity building/development programs
  financed by the Bank aimed at building the
  capacity to carry on the governance agenda ,
  including addressing the weak capacity of the
  civil society (to make it more effective and
  credible vis-à-vis the authorities)
• Strong participation in the in-country
  anti-corruption institutions is a requirement for
  Bank support (e.g. EITI, anti-corruption
  observatory in Congo)
• Dissemination of such stories through promote
  south-south exchanges