Germany: Web links and publications relating to conflict prevention and fragile states

Links:

• German Technical Cooperation (GTZ)
• Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) - Home

Publications:

• Development-oriented transformation in conditions of fragile statehood and poor government performance (2007) is the German Federal Ministry for Economic Co-operation and Development (BMZ) framework of action for German development cooperation with partner countries characterised by difficult situations, to help foster development-oriented transformation processes, reducing the causes of fragile statehood and poor government performance and strengthening the capacity for non-violent social change. This Strategy is also intended as a guide for Germany’s development policy engagement in multilateral organisations.
  
  
• On development-based and military responses to new security challenges – A BMZ discussion paper (2004) 
  Seeks to make a contribution to the ongoing debate on how and under what terms development cooperation and military interventions can and must work together in helping to shape conditions in other countries.
  
• Promoting Good Governance in Post-Conflict Societies (2006)
  Summarises the features of governance in post-conflict societies and discusses some of the strategies for promoting good governance in development co-operation. Intends to clarify how good governance can be promoted in post-conflict societies and which role development cooperation could play in this context.