Those of us helping countries to buildcapacity to manage reconstruction after a conflict has endedneed to be fully aware of the context in which we operate.Apart from the obvious destruction of infrastructure,presence of armed groups and difficult working conditions,there are several other characteristics of post-conflictconditions that we need to appreciate. First, civilconflicts seldom end in clear cut victories for one side.Post-conflict conditions are inherently unstable. There arewinners and losers. The winners may have settled for lessthan they sought to achieve. Even if one side appears tohave won, how the winner treats the defeated party will becritical to whether national reconciliation takes place andthe sustainability of peace. A new government may be anunstable alliance of competing parties or consist of anuneasy collection of former fighters and technocrats who satout the war in relative comfort abroad.
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