Rebuilding war-damaged communities in Uganda: the institutional dimension

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Title:	Rebuilding war-damaged communities in Uganda: the institutional dimension
Author:	Brett, E.A.
Book title:	In search of cool ground: war, flight & homecoming in northeast Africa
Year:	1996
Pages:	203-219
Language:	English
Geographic term:	Uganda
Subjects:	institutions development management
Abstract:	Civil wars are best ended through a process of reconciliation and reconstruction designed to restore faith in the representativeness and equity of the political and economic systems. Uganda is one of the countries where committed political leadership and positive cooperation with donors has virtually ended chronic civil conflict and produced per capita income growth of about five percent for seven years. This has involved a willingness to bring former enemies into the political system, build new representative structures and allow private firms and voluntary agencies the freedom to operate without external control. This chapter first reviews the processes which led to the breakdown of legitimacy and economic management in the seventies and early eighties in Uganda. It then examines the institutional reforms which have enabled the National Resistance Movement (NRM), after its victory in 1986, to deal with the crucial problems of political and economic reconstruction and integration, by highlighting the role of external agencies, the private sector, and different kinds of participatory groups. Ref.