'Korea Society for Computational Fluids Engineering'
Abstract
Regional integration and development in East Africa have been portrayed as
inextricably linked. Integration involving investment in trade and transport
corridors to move goods, services and people between coast and resource-rich
hinterlands is seen as part of development and economic growth, even
peace-building. However, top-down implementation and assumptions about
development ‘trickle-down’ pose questions, including how growth ‘corridors’
might exacerbate violence. Equitable, sustainable and conflict-sensitive processes
must start with a better understanding of socio-political context; focus more on
local integration; and establish ways of tracking and monitoring development
impacts over time.UK Department for International Developmen