{"id":16988,"date":"2024-09-25T18:28:09","date_gmt":"2024-09-25T16:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.interpeace.org\/?post_type=event&p=16988"},"modified":"2024-10-08T18:47:20","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T16:47:20","slug":"building-on-peace-exploring-peace-positive-investment-opportunities-in-northern-kenya","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.interpeace.org\/fr\/event\/building-on-peace-exploring-peace-positive-investment-opportunities-in-northern-kenya\/","title":{"rendered":"Building on Peace: Exploring Peace-Positive Investment Opportunities in Northern Kenya"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Kenya has a history of unequal investment and resource distribution, which is interlinked with histories of cyclical violent conflict. This is particularly the case in the northern regions, where the interplay of political marginalisation, ethnic tensions and cross-border issues creates a complex web of conflict dynamics. Historical grievances, land and resource disputes, ethnic politics, and the marginalisation of certain groups form the core of these conflicts, which have been exacerbated by socio-economic disparities and competition for resources. Private sector investment and development finance has an important role to play to help mitigate these conflict dynamics for communities while also lowering risks that may have material and other negative impacts on their investments.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Peace is critical to the wider enabling and risk environment for investment. Interpeace and its partners\u2019 peacebuilding work in northern Kenya has transformed several key relationships in affected communities. This work, conducted over years with local communities and government stakeholders, has built greater trust and lowered levels of violence and conflict in the north which is fundamental for the stability required to catalyse greater private sector and development finance supported investment. Now, there is significant opportunity to build on increased stability and peace and realise a true peace dividend \u2013 but this requires ongoing attention and focus on conflict dynamics as they evolve as well as ongoing conflict sensitivity of investment approaches.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Thus, while the north of Kenya has enormous economic potential, development finance solutions and wider private investment approaches in northern Kenya must continue to be responsive to these complex dynamics in order to be sustainable and successful. Investments that are done in a conflict sensitive and peace positive way can help to better address immediate and ongoing needs of the population and reduce the underlying causes of violent conflict. An emergent paradigm called \u2018peace finance\u2019 describes a new approach to investment whereby intentional peace efforts are embedded into investment design to realise peace-positive impacts as well as lowering risk and improving returns on investment.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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