Building Peace in South East Europe

Building Peace in South East Europe
Author: Dimitri G. Demekas
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 46
Release: 2002-01-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780821350829

Before the Kosovo conflict, the countries of South East Europe were at different stages of economic development and transition towards a market economy. This paper considers the impact of the crisis in Kosovo in 1999 and the subsequent progress made by the region in terms of economic growth and government reform. It acknowledges the positive impact of the donor community upon this progress, and points out that ongoing progress depends upon effective governance and policy development in order to attract private investment into the region.

Structural Reforms in Southeastern Europe Since the Kosovo Conflict

Structural Reforms in Southeastern Europe Since the Kosovo Conflict
Author: Daniela Gressani
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 46
Release: 2002-01-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780821351970

This study examines the progress made by the countries of south-east Europe (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, FYR Macedonia, Romania, and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia) towards implementing structural economic reforms in the three years since the end of the Kosovo conflict, as well as considering the challenges that lie ahead. It discusses four key areas of reform: strengthening public finances and fighting corruption; creating a liberal trade environment; encouraging foreign investment; and fostering the growth of private markets.

War Economies in a Regional Context

War Economies in a Regional Context
Author: Michael Charles Pugh
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2004
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781588262110

"This book ... emphasizes the role of economic factors in the conditions that lead to state collapse, give rise to and sustain conflict, and complicate peacebuilding." The book argues that "existing state-level focus tends to ignore the role of regional linkages in permitting and sustaining conflict and as obstacles to transformation." Furthermore that, "the focus on the dynamics of conflict in states of the developing world tends to artificially distance the outside, predominantly "Western" world from their genesis and evolution ..." (taken from introduction)

Peace Lost: The Failure of Conflict Prevention in Kosovo

Peace Lost: The Failure of Conflict Prevention in Kosovo
Author: Marc Weller
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2008-12-31
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9047424719

This book traces the failure of international action in Kosovo from the late 1980s until NATO intervention in 1999, and endeavours to explain why, during that time, so many opportunities for making peace were squandered. Applying methodology developed by the EU Conflict Prevention Network, it divides the conflict into four main phases and examines how, at each, chances for settlement were either lost or overlooked. It considers policy alternatives available at the time, and hypothesises reasons why these were ultimately discarded. Drawing on a wide range of sources, including the author’s own experience of the negotiations process, this book presents a hitherto unexplored thesis of the Kosovo conflict, that of a ‘lag’ in international action in relation to the situation on the ground, and seeks to draw from these failures some central lessons for the future of conflict prevention.

The Economies of South Eastern Europe

The Economies of South Eastern Europe
Author: C. Papazoglou
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2005-05-04
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0230504701

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the main factors that affected the course of the countries of South-Eastern Europe during transition, contributing, as a result, to their disappointing economic performance. Thus, the role of initial conditions and issues concerning the effectiveness of macroeconomic stabilization and structural reforms are at the centre of the analysis. Furthermore, this volume focuses on developments and issues concerning international trade patterns, foreign direct investment and the impact of the Euro on the exchange rate policies of the countries in the region.

Conflict Prevention

Conflict Prevention
Author: Andreas Wenger
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
Total Pages: 250
Release: 2003
Genre: Conflict management
ISBN: 9781588261366

Offering a new perspective, the authors show how efforts to prevent violent civil wars could be much more effective if they incorporate the business sector.

Kosovo and the Challenge of Humanitarian Intervention

Kosovo and the Challenge of Humanitarian Intervention
Author: Albrecht Schnabel
Publisher:
Total Pages: 536
Release: 2000
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780585433806

The Kosovo conflict has the potential to redraw the landscape of international politics, with significant ramifications for the UN, major powers, regional organizations, and the way in which we understand and interpret world politics. Can the veto now effectively be circumvented to launch selective enforcement operations? Can the humanitarian imperative be reconciled with the principle of state sovereignty? This book offers interpretations of the Kosovo crisis from numerous perspectives: the conflict-parties, NATO allies, the immediate region surrounding the conflict, and further afield. Country perspectives are followed by scholarly analyses of the longer-term normative, operational, and structural consequences of the Kosovo crisis for world politics.