Is external economic assistance hampering the local ownership of peace? - The dilemma of EU’s economic funding of peacebuilding projects in Northern Ireland
While the international community spends enormous amounts of money engaging in peacebuilding efforts, scholars are increasing questioning what effect this actually has on the development of peace. Despite extensive economic contributions to post-conflict societies with the hope of ensuring peace, little development on the ground has been recorded. This raises a question of why provision of economi
