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Poverty Reduction in Conflict and Fragile States: Institutions and State Legitimacy
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Symposium Event
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Poverty Reduction in Conflict and Fragile States:
Institutions and State Legitimacy
April 2, 2008, Washington, D.C.
| USAID’s Office of Poverty Reduction hosted a one-day symposium, “Poverty Reduction in Conflict and Fragile States: Institutions and State Legitimacy," on April 2, 2008, in Washington DC. The symposium considered current international thought on the requisite of state legitimacy for transforming unstable countries into more prosperous and stable societies. Institutional economics has been pivotal in deepening understanding on the process of economic change.
Given a similar focus on how change happens in conflict-affected societies, the symposium adopted an institutional economics approach to address questions such as: What is the role of a society’s institutions/rules (formal and informal) in influencing citizen acceptance of their government? Are legitimacy and effectiveness sufficient concepts of state fragility/stability or is there a need for additional or alternative concepts, ex: the concept of a “social contract”? How are these issues relevant in a counter-insurgency context? What should the international community do differently or more of to better foster the citizen-state relation in conflict or post-conflict countries?
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To download the PDF version of the agenda, click here. | SYMPOSIUM AGENDA | | Times | Sessions | Presenters | | 8:30 - 9:00 | Breakfast & Registration | | 9:00 - 9:10 | Introduction | Borany Penh, USAID | | 9:10 - 9:30 | Welcome | William Hammink, USAID | | 9:30 - 11:00 | Session I: An Institutional Economics Approach to State Fragility | Speakers: Rahul Chandran, New York University, Center on International Cooperation;
Clifford Zinnes, Institutional Reform and the Informal Sector (IRIS) Center, University of Maryland
Discussant: Steven Heydemann, United States Institute of Peace
Chair: Borany Penh, USAID | | 11:00-11:15 | Mid-Morning Break | |
| 11:15-12:45 | Session II: Country Experiences | Speakers: Tilman Brück, DIW/Berlin;
Clare Lockhart, Institute for State Effectiveness
Discussant: Alison Des Forges, Human Rights Watch
Chair: Edwin Connerly, USAID | | 12:45-2:00 | Lunch Keynote | Introduction and Remarks: Conan French, USAID
Speaker: Ambassador John Herbst, Coordinator for the Office of Reconstruction and Stabilization (S/CRS), Department of State | | 2:00-3:30 | Session III: State Legitimacy in a COIN Context | Speakers: Craig Charney, Charney Research; Conrad Crane, U.S. Army Military History Institute; Jack Goldstone, George Mason University
Chair: Janine Davidson, Department of Defense | | 3:30 - 3:45 | Mid-Afternoon Break | | |
| 3:45-5:00 | Afternoon Keynote | Introduction and Remarks: Jacqueline E. Schafer, USAID/EGAT Assistant Administrator
Keynote Speaker: Hernando de Soto, President, Institute for Liberty and Democracy | | 5:00-5:20 | Synthesis and Implications | Tjip Walker, USAID | | 5:20-5:30 | Final Closing | Borany Penh, USAID | | 5:30-6:30 | Reception (Hart/Cannon room, Meeting Room Level) | | | |
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