When the State Fails by Zack-Williams Tunde;

Author:Zack-Williams, Tunde; [Zack-Williams, Tunde]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 3386572
Publisher: Pluto Press

In this chapter I have examined Sierra Leone’s SSRP in the context of a post-conflict recovery programme with strong international support. I have discussed the background and priorities as well as the successes and failures of the programme, and considered the view that the ongoing SSRP in the country should be owned and driven by Sierra Leoneans if it is to be sustainable. I have also argued that there is the need for effective coordination of the activities of the various international actors involved in the programme. An important argument in this chapter is the fact that the SSRP in the country should go beyond the limited objective of retraining and restructuring formal security institutions and should focus on strengthening the oversight capacities of parliament, the judiciary and civil society. Some of the constraints of the SSRP identified include a lack of national capacity, especially in terms of finance and logistics, mistrust of the security forces by the ordinary citizens, weak oversight capacity, especially that of civil society and parliament, external dominance, poor donor coordination and the sensitivity of the programme itself.

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