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ESTABLISHING GOOD GOVERNANCE IN FRAGILE STATES THROUGH RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS LESSONS FROM IRAQ ESTABLISHING GOOD GOVERNANCE IN FRAGILE STATES THROUGH RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS LESSONS FROM IRAQ Tanaka, Seiki Yoshikata, Masanori Countries in transition often go through periods of upheaval and weak governance and Iraq is a prime example. Usually donor agencies hesitate to increase their support as they face two key problems in post-conflict or post-revolution situations: (1) high security risk for transparent implementation; and (2) poor government effectiveness, marred by corruption, ethnic tensions and economic stagnation. But this is precisely the time when donor engagement is needed most. By using the experience of JICA projects in Iraq, we argue that donors should not withdraw their support in difficult post-conflict situations. The paper proposes three mechanisms – information; social recognition; and mediation mechanisms – to solve such difficulties in a post-conflict society. The empirical analysis shows that more intensive communication between donor and government officials especially leads to a positive impact even in war-torn Iraq. Brookings Institution 2013-01-01 eng journal article http://hdl.handle.net/10685/00000941 https://jicari.repo.nii.ac.jp/records/952 1939-9383 GLOBAL ECONOMY & DEVELOPMENT GLOBAL ECONOMY & DEVELOPMENT 56 1 32 https://jicari.repo.nii.ac.jp/record/952/files/01_governance_iraq_tanaka_yoshikawa.pdf application/pdf 10.8 MB 2018-06-28