Abstract

Results-orientation, impact assessment, and value for money have been creating a growing buzz in the fields of international cooperation and peacebuilding for the last few years. But what are the consequences of an increased focus on results for practice?

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Manuel Vogt

Introduction

This working paper seeks to extend our understanding of the involvement of businesses in peacebuilding based on the perceptions of business actors themselves. The aim of this working paper is therefore to elaborate on a recent study’s findings in response to the questions of if and how Swiss companies are involved in peace processes.

2nd July 2012 / No. 109 - Sudan & South Sudan

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• Peacebuilding in the Balkans

• 2011 from a swisspeace perspective

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• Sudan and South Sudan: Why Has Separation Not Improved Relations? ƒƒ

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• Conflict over the Exploitation of Natural Resources in Guatemala

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The ideal of active non-violent resistance has been kept alive in this country in recent years, at least by small groups of political activists, although it seemed at times to have gone a little stale. Now its enormous potential impact is unfolding in the very region the international community had least expected. The upheavals in North Africa are throwing a new light on what peace, justice and democracy really mean.