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dc.contributor.author Shai, Kgothatso B
dc.contributor.author Ndaguba, E. A
dc.contributor.author Nzewi, O. I
dc.date.accessioned 2020-01-14T08:17:29Z
dc.date.available 2020-01-14T08:17:29Z
dc.date.issued 2018
dc.identifier.issn 0974-9284
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10386/2968
dc.description Article published in the India Quarterly 74(2) 179–196 en_US
dc.description.abstract Achievable and viable peace and security efforts in Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) have been limited by an over dependence on foreign and international peacekeeping. The aim of this article is to unpack financial imperatives and constraints towards funding the SADC standby force (SADCSF). Through this the article hopes to provide lessons towards a suitable and sustainable funding mechanism aimed at addressing the financial challenges confronting African standby forces in peace operations. In particular, this article focuses on the SADCSF since its establishment in 2007. This article uses information from existing statistical and research data to first, identify existing funding models in international (regional and continental) peace operation and stand-by forces across the globe. Second, using four critical analytical frames (financial viability, the nature of regionalism, fiscal sustainability and economic landscape), the article highlights various implications of a lack of funding mechanism for regional peace and security in Africa. Third, the article shows that the following are critical to find a sustainable funding mechanism for the SADCSF: the financially demanding variable geometric nature of regional integration in Africa; the proliferation of security agencies; the complex nature of terrorism and interventions; the cost of skill acquisition and training of the multidisciplinary personnel; payment of wounded soldiers and contingents and member state tight budget. Based on international experiences and local realities expounded, this article suggests lessons towards building a suitable and sustainable funding mechanism for African peace and security in general, and regional standby forces in particular en_US
dc.format.extent 18 pages en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher India Quarterly en_US
dc.relation.requires pdf en_US
dc.subject Africa’s regional governance en_US
dc.subject Financial viability en_US
dc.subject Financial sustainability en_US
dc.subject Funding peace operations en_US
dc.subject Peace operation en_US
dc.subject Regionalism en_US
dc.subject SADCSF en_US
dc.subject United Nations en_US
dc.subject.lcsh SADC Parliamentary Forum en_US
dc.subject.lcsh SADC--Directorate of Trade, Industry, Finance & Investment en_US
dc.title Financial imperatives and constraints towards funding the SADC Standby Force en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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