Special Track

0a. Sustainable development in post-conflict countries

Track Chairs:

Eduardo Wills. Universidad de los Andes School of Management, Colombia. ewills@uniandes.edu.co

Juana García. Universidad de los Andes School of Management, Colombia. juanagarcia@uniandes.edu.co

Goals and objectives of the track

This track will discuss experiences and theoretical and applied frameworks of how can countries emerging from social and armed conflict integrate sustainable development ideas and practices into comprehensive local, regional and national strategies of development.

Possible contributions can discuss how to address deficiencies that impede the satisfaction of sustainable development goals in countries that have deficiencies in institutional frameworks arising from conflict, or a lack of effective presence of central government or authorities, the presence of high levels of poverty and unequal income distribution that impedes sustainable development, or the presence of illegal activities such as mining and illicit crops, as well as the lack of necessary information and data to guide public policies and the lack of monitoring and evaluation systems at the local, regional and national levels.

Comparative cases are encouraged as well as the presentation of policies that have been formulated and designed amidst social conflict, encouraging community participation and empowerment of individuals and communities. What has been learned and what issues remain to be explained in the relationship between sustainable development in post-conflict societies and countries.

Eduardo Wills-Herrera is a full professor ("profesor titular") of the Management School in Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá and was previously Head of the Interdisciplinary Center for Regional Development - CIDER. He holds a PhD in Organizational Studies from Tulane University and a master in Development Studies from the Institute of Social Studies in The Hague, the Netherlands. He has published extensively about subjective well-being in Latin America as well as defining sustainability as quality of life. Another area of research is related to regional strategies of governance in post-conflict Colombia.

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