General Framework for Post-conflict Reconstruction in Yemen

Abdulghani Gaghman

doi:10.47577/tssj.v7i1.374

Abstract

The war in Yemen, which escalated in March 2015 when a Saudi-led coalition intervened, with comprehensive blockade and air campaign has turned a poor country into a humanitarian catastrophe. The impacts of the conflict in Yemen are devastating—with nearly a quarter of a million people killed directly by fighting and indirectly through lack of access to food, health services, and infrastructure. The economy has collapsed, and fighting has ravaged the country’s infrastructure. The reconstruction and recovery of Yemen will demand rebuilding the economy, restoring state institutions and infrastructure and repairing the social fabric. Good governance plays a key role in rebuilding Yemen as a post-conflict state. The task is thus to build transparent, efficient and participative governance structures that can help to stabilise the volatile transformation of post-conflict society. This paper intends to clarify how good governance can be promoted in Yemen as conflict / post-conflict country and which role the political and administrative system could play in this context. This paper is based on a literature review of the main theories and issues involved in post-conflict reconstruction, coupled with an analysis of relevant case studies and good practices from different countries. The main recommendations most urgently needed are; establishing safety and security, strengthening constitutional government, reconstructing infrastructure and restoring services, stabilizing and growing the economy, and strengthening justice and reconciliation organizations.

Highlights

The conflict in Yemen has created the world's worst humanitarian crisis; the devastation of the country's economy has exacerbated that crisis
Projections propose that Yemen would not have accomplished any of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030 even in case of no conflict [1]
Yemen governance is purposefully selected as a case study in virtue of being somehow, unique and extreme [20], of which has an intrinsic interest aiming to understand the reason behind its critical economic situation and poor governance in the pre conflict period, it is still has wide spectrum of natural resources and need to plan sustainability for the future

Summary

Introduction

The conflict in Yemen has created the world's worst humanitarian crisis; the devastation of the country's economy has exacerbated that crisis. Debiel and Terlinden in their GTZ conversation paper in 2005, portray "Governance" as the utilization of rules and procedures through which authority and control are practiced in a general public, political choices are made, the principles for the extent of activity of state and society are organized, and assets for financial and social advancement are managed. We can close by concurring with the meanings of governance, made by the Commission on Global Governance and distributed in 1995, "governance is the total of the numerous ways; individuals and institutions, public and private, manage their common affairs It is a continuing process through which conflicting or diverse interests may be accommodated and cooperative action may be taken. It includes formal institutions and regimes empowered to enforce compliance, as well as informal arrangements that people and institutions either have agreed to or perceive to be in their interest" [14]

Good Governance Principles Governance can be used in several contexts such as

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