This volume brings together a collection of papers which review the wide-ranging issues arising out of post-conflict economies in Africa. Case studies drawing on experiences from West, Central and Southern Africa, illuminate and complement the thematic overview. Extensive analysis illustrates the policies and strategies available for the reconstruction and rehabilitation of post-conflict African economies to establish sustainable political, social and financial institutions which promote stability, growth and equity and reduce the risks of conflict recurring.

TONY ADDISON UNU/WIDER, Helsinki, Finland
MICHAEL ATINGI-EGO Bank of Uganda, Kampala, Uganda
DJONA A. AVOCKSOUMA University of Ndjamena, Chad
EDWIN CONNERLEY United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Washington, DC, USA
VICTOR A. B. DAVIES Oxford University, UK
BEFEKADU DEGEFE Centre for Economic Studies and Policy Analysis, Ethiopia
NADJIOUNOUM DJIMTOINGAR Ministère du Plan, du Développement et de la Coopération, Ndjamena, Chad
IBRAHIM A. ELBADAWI World Bank, Washington, DC, USA
LAUDERMIRO FRANCISCO Howard University, Washington, DC, USA
ALI ABDEL GADIR ALI Arab Planning Institute, Kuwait
ABDUL-GANIYU GARBA Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
P. KASSEY GARBA University of Ibadan, Nigeria
ALEMAYEHU GEDA Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia and School of Oriental and African Studies, London, UK
MWANGI S. KIMENYI Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), Nairobi, Kenya
SYED MANSOOB MURSHED Institute of Social Studies (ISS), The Hague, Netherlands
NGILA MWASE UNDP, Kampala, Uganda
FLORIBERT NGARUKO Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis, France
NJUGUNA S. NDUNG'U International Research Centre (IDRC), Nairobi, Kenya
JANVIER DÉSIRÉ NKURUNZIZA Harvard University, USA
FÁTIMA MOURA ROQUE Ganinete de Estudos Africano, Lusófona University, Portugal
RACHEL KAGGWA SEBUDDE Bank of Uganda, Kampala, Uganda

PART I: THEMATIC ISSUES Post-conflict Reconstruction in Africa: Some Analytical Issues; T.Addison & S.M.Murshed The Economic and Political Consequence of Conflict and Implications for Post-Conflict Recovery in Africa; I.A.Elbadawi & N.S.Ndung'u Economic Policy in Post-Conflict Societies; P.Collier Ethnicity, Institutions of Governance and Conflict Avoidance; M.S.Kimenyi PART II: CASE STUDIES: WEST AFRICA Liberia and Sierra Leone: Interwoven Civil Wars; V.A.B.Davies The Nigeria Civil War: Causes and the Aftermath; A-G.Garba & P.K.Garba The Economics of Civil Conflict in Africa - The Case of Chad; N.Djimtoingar & D.A.Avocksouma PART III: CASE STUDIES: THE HORN, EAST AND CENTRAL AFRICA Conflict, Post-Conflict and Economic Performance in Ethiopia; A.Geda & B.Degefe Prospects for Sustainable Peace and Post-Conflict Economic Growth in the Sudan; A.A.Gadir Ali & I.A.Elbadawi Entrenching Peace in Post-Conflict Economies: The Case of Uganda; M.Atingi-Ego & R.Kaggwa Sebudde The Challenge of Transition from War to Peace in Burundi; J.D.Nkurunziza & F.Ngaruko PART IV: CASE STUDIES: SOUTHERN AFRICA The Political Economy of Post-Conflict Economic Recovery: Making Peace Substantial in Mozambique; L.Francisco & E.Connerley Transformation for Post-conflict Angola; F.M.Roque PART V: CONCLUSION Synthesis and Lessons; A.K.Fosu