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Bilateral donors and aid conditionality in post-conflict peacebuilding: the case of Mozambique

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 February 2010

Carrie Manning  and
Monica Malbrough
Carrie Manning*
Affiliation:
Department of Political Science, Georgia State University, 38 Peachtree Center Ave, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA.
Monica Malbrough*
Affiliation:
Department of Political Science, Georgia State University, 38 Peachtree Center Ave, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA.
*
Email: cmanning2@gsu.edu
Email: mmalbrough1@gsu.edu
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Abstract

This article examines the role of bilateral donors and conditional aid in Mozambique's successful post-war peace process. The literature on peacebuilding has tended to privilege the role of UN missions in explaining the outcomes of post-civil war peace processes. The important role that bilateral donors may play in determining these outcomes has not been thoroughly studied. In Mozambique, donors with country experience, knowledge of domestic political actors and constraints, and a shared commitment to a successful outcome, were indispensable to the success of the peace process. The article details this engagement, arguing that it was not UNOMOZ alone, but UNOMOZ as supported by the flexible responses of these donors, that provided an effective third-party guarantee of the peace agreement in Mozambique. It briefly discusses the broader implications of this finding for understanding international peacebuilding efforts.

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Research Article
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The Journal of Modern African Studies , Volume 48 , Issue 1 , March 2010 , pp. 143 - 169
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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