State building is the process of creating new governments or transforming the existing ones to enhance the governance process (Coyne and Pellillo 6). This concept is highly utilized by established states on entities extensively rocked by political instabilities. It is usually an intervention by well-established organizations.
These organizations, establish strategies for renewing the failed states. In those places where it is rampant, it highly creates a governing regime with competitive personnel thus enhancing the state’s operational effectiveness (Coyne and Pellillo 7).
In as much as state building is a method of reforming failed/failing states, it is crucial to note that states cannot be build without commitment.
According to Hezbollah’s secretary general, it is impossible to build states. Sources indicate that establishing suitable governance for Lebanon might be impossible.
The formation of militia groups intending to sabotage the America’s plan of enhancing peace and prosperity for Lebanon poses many challenges (Coyne and Pellillo 15).
Sources confirmed existence of authorities working to aid the militia group’s effort of dismantling the America’s plan to help Lebanon’s political as well as economic wellness. If this militia’s strategy succeeds, then it would become impossible for the American project to succeed.
The escalating possession of superior weapons by the militia makes the project impractical. He argued that challenges witnessed resulted from availability of many political parties that derailed the entire process.
In the year 2001, the Taliban movement in Afghanistan led to many consequences. The war left the entire economy poor and the country wrecked (Krause 17). In an endeavor to rebuild the state, the government came up with new development strategies.
Back in 2010, the Afghanistan government initiated a project known as the Kabul process. The idea behind it was to enhance good leadership for the country thus realizing the anticipated growth in future.
In an effort to achieve these goals, the Afghanistan government initiated 23 programs mainly addressing good service delivery, a responsible governing system, and infrastructure development (Krause 33).
The government also requested the interested donors to implement programs aligned to Afghanistan’s “National Priority Programs” (Krause 33). Additionally, other international bodies interested in the country’s development have initiatives similar to those for the country.
The International Development Agency (IDA) plays a momentous part in helping Afghanistan’s government power building, developing her economy and enhancing reliability of the private sector. The country had many donors in the year 2002.
The overall donation totaled to US $ 4.1 billion comprising of the highest budget for the country ever (Krause 35). The World Bank contributes highly to the country’s economic advancement.
The programs established by IDA help the country in attaining her goals. The community empowerment strategies significantly help enhance the people welfare. IDA works tirelessly in assisting the country develop economic wise (Kremer, Lieshout and Went 157).
Therefore, in achieving economic stability, there is need of creating employment opportunities. This association aids in propagating agriculture development. Following its efforts, the country’s infrastructure has immensely developed thus easing shipping of the produce across markets.
Despite the appreciated growth in most sectors of the country, some aspects are not fully met. The country’s public service remains deprived, therefore, the government need to enact strategies geared to restore democracy in the country (Kremer, Lieshout & Went 158).
The government needs to establish institutions transparent enough to serve the public accordingly. Corruption among the officials limits the country’s ability, to meet its specified goals.
The concept of state building is crucial in rejuvenating failed states. This is because of high prevalence of international organizations mandated to assisting their growth. In Afghanistan, various organizations developed interest in aiding its development. As a result, the economic sectors developed.
Contrary, the efforts have not fully developed the public service operations. It is therefore evident that, building a country depends on the country’s willingness and preparedness to transform, but not pressure from external factors.
Works cited
Coyne, Christopher. & Pellillo, Adam. The art of seeing like a state: State-building in Afghanistan, the Congo and beyond. March 23, 2011. Web.
Krause, Joachim. International state building and reconstruction efforts: experience gained and lessons learned a publication of the aspen institute Germany. Farmington hills, MI: Barbara Budrich, 2010. Print.
Kremer, Monique, Lieshout, Peter and Went Robert. Doing good or doing better: development policies in a globalizing world. New York, NY: Amsterdam university press, 2010. Print.