In the wake of civil war, the state’s ability to collect and manage public resources will largely shape its ability to survive once the short-term avalanche of post-conflict international aid dwindles. CIC’s project on post-conflict public finance and economic recovery is developing research on how the economic agenda of public finance interacts with the political agendas of peacebuilding and statebuilding, lifting the curtain that has often separated the two. Research on the management of post-conflict finance includes issues such as right-financing security sector reform, managing natural resources and fiscal policies to promote horizontal equality. In addition to an ongoing series of policy papers on public finance, CIC published Peace and the Public Purse, a major study on economic policies for postwar statebuilding.

Lead Researcher: Shepard Forman, Barnett Rubin, Bruce Jones
Project Staff:Rahul Chandran, Jake Sherman, Gigja Sorensen

Funders: Government of Norway, Government of the United Kingdom, Carnegie Corporation of New York, Ford Foundation, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, United States Institute of Peace.

Advisory Board:

• Jean Arnault, Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Georgia
  
  
• Ian Bannon, World Bank, Conflict Prevention and Recovery Unit
  
  
• Sarah Cliffe, World Bank, Coordinator, Low Income Countries Under Stress Unit
  
  
• William Dorotinsky, Public Sector Specialist, World Bank, Public Sector Group
  
  
• Ashraf Ghani, President Kabul University, former Finance Minister, Afghanistan
  
  
• James Jonah, Fellow, Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies, The CUNY Graduate Center, former United Nations Under-Secretary-General, former MOF, Sierra Leone
  
  
• Beatrice Kiraso, Member of Parliament and Chair, Public Finance Committee, Uganda, Member, Parliamentarians for Global Action
  
  
• Mbuyuma Matungulu, IMF Africa Department, former Finance Minister, DRC
  
  
• Larry McDonald, Director, Financial Reconstruction and Stabilization Task Force, US Treasury Department
  
  
• Duncan Overfield, DfID Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance Division
  
  
• Rathin Roy, UNDP Bureau for Development Policy
  
  
• Steven Symansky, IMF, Middle East and Central Asia Department Gebreselassie
  
  
• Yosief Tesfamichael, Consultant, former Finance Minister, Eritrea