This report was prepared by the Crisis and Fragility team in the Global Policy and Partnerships Division at the Development Co-operation Directorate, under the guidance of Paloma Durán y Lalaguna (Head of Division) and Cyprien Fabre (Team leader), and coordinated by Jonathan Marley (Policy Analyst).
It was drafted by Harsh Desai, Kathleen Forichon, Erik Forsberg, Jonathan Marley, Dan Schreiber and Cushla Thompson, with the support of Kristin Kirouac and Seve Loudon. We are particularly grateful for the support we have received across DCD including the specialised contributions of Catherine Anderson, Marc de Tollenaere, Ana Fernandes, Jenny Hedman, Megan Kennedy-Chouane, Carolyn Neunuebel, Yasmine Rockenfeller, Rolf Schwarz, Jens Sedemund and Lisa Williams, as well as Rachel Scott and Hugh Macleman, former colleagues from the OECD. Thanks also go to Yasmin Ahmad, Elena Bernaldo de Quirós, Tomas Hos and Aimée Nichols (OECD) for advising on aid statistics, and to Jieun Kim (OECD), Lydia Poole (independent consultant) and Joseph Stead (OECD) for their insights on financing and taxation. We also acknowledge Oliver Fiala (Save the Children), Daniel Gerszon-Mahler (World Bank), Ugo Gentilini (World Bank) and Heriberto Tapia (UNDP) for their advice on data and statistics, particularly for Box 1 of this publication.
Throughout the process, the team greatly benefited from the substantive advice and feedback received from members of the International Network on Conflict and Fragility (INCAF) of the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC). The report also greatly profited from the outcomes of a workshop held by the OECD in January 2020 in Paris, including the contribution of Anna McDonald, Claire Elder and Naomi Pendle from the Centre for Public Authority and International Development at the London School of Economics. We are also grateful to the organisers of the 2020 Stockholm Forum on Peace and Development for the opportunity to present and discuss content on conflict prevention and the roles of security actors. In particular, we would like to acknowledge the contributions of the key participants in those sessions who generously gave their time and expertise: Marina Caparini (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute – SIPRI), Margherita Capellino (UN Peacebuilding Support Office), Helder da Costa (General Secretary g7+), Maj. Gen. (Rtd) Adrian Foster (Small Arms Survey), Hafez Ghanem (World Bank), Carin Jämtin (Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency), Nancy Lindborg (United States Institute of Peace), Metsi Makhetha (UN Resident Coordinator in Burkina Faso), Ulrika Modéer (United Nations Development Programme), Jorge Moreira da Silva (OECD), Annika Otterstedt (Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency), Rebecca Richards (World Food Programme), Rachel Scott (UNDP), Annika Söder (Eminent Person, UN Peacebuilding Architecture Review), Ashraf Swelam (Centre for Conflict Resolution, Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding − CCCPA), Rene van Nes (European External Action Service) and El Ghassim Wane (Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University).
A special thank you goes to the Reference Group created to support the preparation of the report. Its members have selflessly given their time to support and guide the team through the concept and production process: Sara Batmanglich (World Bank), Anne Bennett (DCAF, Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance), Adam Dubin (Professor, Faculty of Law, Universidad Pontificia Comillas, Madrid, Spain), Duncan Green (Professor in Practice, Centre for Public Authority in International Development, Firoz Lalji Centre for Africa, London School of Economics and Political Science), Franziska Kohler (United Kingdom Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office), Keith Krause (Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding, Graduate Institute, Geneva), Sorie Lee (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea), Max Middeke (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit, GIZ), Jonathan Papoulidis (World Vision), Emily Rainey (Australia, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade), Simon Rynn (United Kingdom Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office), Jago Salmon (SIPRI/Centre for International Cooperation), Filipa Schmitz Guinote (International Committee of the Red Cross), Hugo Slim (University of Oxford), Charles Tellier (Agence Française de Développement) and Rima Turk (International Monetary Fund). Sara Batmanglich (World Bank), Ana Maria Menéndez (United Nations), Paloma Durán y Lalaguna, Cyprien Fabre, and Ida McDonnell (OECD) provided additional comments and feedback at key stages.
This report was edited by Susan Sachs and proofread by Jill Gaston. Graphic design and data visualisation were provided by Soapbox Graphics. Stacey Bradbury, Sara Casadevall Bellés, Jessica Voorhees, Stephanie Coic and Henri-Bernard Solignac-Lecomte supported the production process at the OECD. We would also like to acknowledge the invaluable support of Mireille Benicke, Jane Birchall, Ciara Keeshan, Petia Petrova and Laura Roberts (DCD/GPP).
This project was generously co-funded by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) of Australia, the Agence Française de Développement (AFD), Irish Aid, the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and the United Kingdom Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO).