The Reducing Conflict and Improving Performance in the Economy (ReCIPE)

programme, established in April 2024, aims to provide a better understanding of the

links between conflict, economic growth, and public policies. One of its many themes

is on what happens post-conflict: peacemaking, peacebuilding, and reconstruction.

Salma Mousa and Lisa Hultman, theme leaders, talk to Tim Phillips about why

peacebuilding must always be both bottom-up and top-down if it is going to work.

Read the full show notes on VoxDev: https://voxdev.org/topic/institutions-political-economy/peacemaking-peacebuilding-and-post-war-reconstruction