Liberia Research Library: Community cohesion in Liberia: a post-war rapid social assessment. Social development papers, paper no. 78.

Year:

2005

Organization / Publisher / Reference:

Washington, D.C.: Conflict Prevention & Reconstruction, Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development Network, World Bank.

Authors:

Paul Richards, Steven Archibald, Beverlee Bruce, Watta Modad, Edward Mulbah, Tornorlah Varpilah, James Vincent

Areas:

Governance

Sub-topic:

Social cohesion

Publicly available?:

yes

Method:

Triangulation of: literature review, interviews/reports/ stakeholder discussion/comments with practitioners, and liminter but well-aimed bursts of direct field investigation, as post-war circumstances permit.

Sample size (n):

1 200

Main findings:

Finds operational best practices to implement Community Driven Development (CDD). Finding that assumptions on Liberia's social cohesion had been too optimistic at the time, given Liberia's legacy. It Finds that 'community' in Liberia is a deeply contested notion, reflecting historical inequalities in access to land and distinction between persons considered to be 'civilized' and 'aboriginal'/

Further research recommendations:

Study recommends future action on equal opportunities for participationin development, dissemination ofinformation that is consistent, enhancing agrarian empooyment opportunities, promoting local governance, and rights based approaches to reintegration

Tags:

governance

social cohesion

community safety net

Survey:

Link:

http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTCPR/214578-1111996036679/20482464/WP+21-web.pdf

DOI:

Community cohesion in Liberia: a post-war rapid social assessment. Social development papers, paper no. 78.

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