What kind of peace is being built? : reflections on the state of peacebuilding; ten years after The Agenda for Peace

Meeting: What Kind of Peace Workshop, 30 Sept.-1 Oct. 2002, Ottawa, ON, CAA virtual discussion and workshop brought together IDRC staff, distinguished partners and interlocutors from the research, diplomacy, policy-making and programming communities, in the North and in the South. Revised background papers are included in this publication with summaries of emerging themes. The idea of peacebuilding risks being sidelined or distorted by the new international war on terrorism and its corollary of pre-emptive defence. September 11, 2001 and its aftermath prompted new questions: Who is benefiting from contemporary peacebuilding efforts, who is not, and why? How can one meaningfully assess peacebuilding efforts overall, given their complexity