Includes bibliographical references and index.

After the conflict : reconstruction and development in the aftermath of war / Sultan Barakat -- Post-war reconstruction and development : coming of age / Sultan Barakat -- Contemporary peace processes / Roger Mac Ginty -- Humanitarianism and the principles of humanitarian action in a post-Cold War context / Alpaslan Özerdem and Gianni Rufini -- Can proactive humanitarianism create sustainable solutions? Challenges to third-party intervention in Aceh / Sultan Barakat, David Connolly, and Judith Large -- Aid coordination : easy to agree on, difficult to organise / Arne Strand -- The economics of war and post-conflict poverty reduction / Richard Jones -- War, health, and recovery / Sean Deely -- The logic of conflictual peacebuilding / Astri Suhrke, Arne Strand -- Land, housing, and the reconstruction of the built environment / Roger Zetter -- Building post-war capacity : where to start? / Sultan Barakat and Margaret Chard -- Post-war reconstruction and public administration / Mark Evans -- Community management : sustaining local health services during the transition to recovery / Sultan Barakat and Sean Deely -- Reintegration of former combatants : with specific reference to Kosovo / Sultan Barakat and Alpaslan Özerdem -- Seven pillars for post-war reconstruction / Sultan Barakat.