What is the right balance between the size of the security sector required in weak and fragile states and the fiscal sustainability of the sector? How can security and development institutions achieve an effective balance between these considerations? This paper from the Center for International Cooperation and the Political Economy Research Institute outlines a "right-financing" approach to security sector reform (SSR). It argues that right-financing the security sector is a necessity if sustainable solutions for the problems of statebuilding are to be found.
Author: Peter Middlebrook | Gordon PeakeSource: Middlebrook, P. and Peake, G., 2008, 'Right-financing Security Sector Reform', Center on International Cooperation and Political Economy Research Institute, USA Size: 16 pages (515 kB) Expanded document summary and link to full article
Post Conflict Security Sector & Public Finance Management
Author: Peter Middlebrook | Rima Simpson (2006)
While international organisations have concluded that principles of Public Finance Management (PFM) are applicable to all areas of national budgets, few reviews of PFM systems have included the security sector. This report, authored by Peter Middlebrook, Rima Simpson and Karene Melloul, examines a recent World Bank review of Afghanistan's national budget vis-Ã -vis inclusion of security sector expenditures. Full application of PFM principles in post-conflict national budgets is key to establishing an accountable security sector.
Author: Peter Middlebrook | Rima SimpsonSource: Melloul, K., Middlebrook,P. & Simpson,R., 2006 'Post Conflict Security Sector & Public Finance Management', Social Development Report No. 24, World Bank, Washington DC, USA Size: 2 pages (26.5 kB) Expanded document summary and link to full article
Lessons in Post Conflict Reconstruction from the New Afghanistan Compact
Author: Peter J. Middlebrook | Sharon M. Miller (2006)
The 2006 Afghanistan Compact, a multilateral agreement for state reconstruction, marks the beginning of the second phase of reforms in Afghanistan. This paper by Peter Middlebrook and Sharon Miller cites lessons learned from the first phase of Afghan state reforms embodied in the 2001 Bonn Agreement. This new phase of reform should engender greater government ownership, alignment with the national strategy and budget, and an increased focus on building institutions that deliver services through sub-national and community groups.
Author: Peter J. Middlebrook | Sharon M. MillerSource: Middlebrook,P. & Miller,S., 2006, 'Lessons in Post Conflict Reconstruction from the New Afghanistan Compact', FPIF Policy Report, Foreign Policy in Focus, Washington DC, USA Size: 2 pages (32.5) Expanded document summary and link to full article
Sierra Leone Security Sector Expenditure Review
Author: Peter J Middlebrook | Sharon M Miller (2006)
Security sector (SS) spending in Sierra Leone needs to be integrated into all aspects of the country's public finance management (PFM) system. This report, authored by Peter Middlebrook and Sharon Miller, was commissioned by the United Kingdom (UK) Department for International Development (DFID). It charts the current level and structure of security-related expenditures and assesses their strategic coherence, consistency and fiscal sustainability. Without external support, the government of Sierra Leone lacks the fiscal resources to establish sustainable funding of its security sector.
Author: Peter J Middlebrook | Sharon M MillerSource: Middlebrook,P. & Miller,S., 2006, 'Sierra Leone Security Sector Expenditure Review', Prepared for the UK Department for International Development (UK-DFID) Sierra Leone Country Office, Middlebrook & Miller, London, UK Size: 64 pages (887 KB) Expanded document summary and link to full article
All Along the Watch Tower: Bringing Peace to the Afghanistan Pakistan Border
Author: Peter J Middlebrook | Sharon M Miller (2006)
Given increasing insurgency and intractable political discontent along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, there is growing concern about the rationale and tactics of international stabilisation efforts in the region. This paper, by Peter Middlebrook and Sharon Miller, discusses the political history of the Afghan-Pakistan border region and current international stabilisation initiatives. Without a border settlement plan and reconciliation of border factions, international operations will not create a stable axis of political, military and economic consensus among Afghanistan, Pakistan and India.
Author: Peter J Middlebrook | Sharon M MillerSource: Middlebrook,P. & Miller,S., 2006, 'All Along the Watch Tower: Bringing Peace to the Afghanistan Pakistan Border', Middlebrook & Miller, NY, Foreign
Policy Futures (FPF), Washington DC, USA
Size: 9 pages (391 kB) Expanded document summary and link to full article
Improving Public Financial Management in the Afghan Security Sector
Author: Peter Middlebrook | Nicole Ball (2005)
Security is not only a central issue for Afghanistan's reconstruction and development, it has critical implications for the country's management of its public finances. This paper by Peter Middlebrook, Nicole Ball, William Byrd and Christopher Ward, reviews Afghanistan's security sector from the perspective of public finance management (PFM) and development. The Afghan security sector must be integrated into all aspects of the country's PFM system and subject to all budgetary and fiduciary processes.
Author: Peter Middlebrook | Nicole BallSource: Ball,N., Byrd,W., Middlebrook,P. & Ward,C., 2005, 'Improving Public Financial Management in the Afghan Security Sector', Report No. 34582-AF, World Bank, Washington DC, USA Size: 94 pages (8.55MB) Expanded document summary and link to full article
Revisioning the International Compact for Afghanistan
Author: Mark Sedra | Peter Middlebrook (2005)
While Afghanistan has made remarkable progress recently, its transition to democracy remains fragile and uncertain. Authored by Mark Sedra and Peter Middlebrook, this paper assesses Afghanistan's progress since the onset of the 2001 Bonn Agreement, which provided a road map for the transformation of the state. Continued progress requires sustained international support and a renewed Afghan commitment to pursue deep structural security sector and general public administration reforms.
Author: Mark Sedra | Peter MiddlebrookSource: Middlebrook,P, & Sedra,M., 2005, 'Revisioning the International Compact for Afghanistan', Foreign Policy in Focus, Washington DC, USA Size: 24 pages (320kb) Expanded document summary and link to full article
