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051860
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083216
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2008.
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Based on the turmoil of the 'crisis years' (1998-2003) and the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Island (RAMSI) years (2003-2007), this paper explores epistemological issues that deeply divide the way that Solomon Islanders look at prosperity and good government and the way that foreign aid donors, RAMSI and Australia see the future for Solomon Islands. State-building or re-building is not the same as nation-building based on local concepts of the good life. The stakes are high, and as the Sogavare Government (2006-2007) indicated, substantial changes are needed to RAMSI, with a clear exit strategy or amalgamation of its central features into the central government structure. Unless RAMSI can come to terms with Solomon Islands' epistemological and related political issues, there is no future for the Mission. The paper looks first at the post-RAMSI period, before concentrating on epistemological and political differences, and uses Malaita Province as an example of local circumstances that apply in all areas of the troubled nation. The argument on the epistemology of development is drawn from the writings of David Gegeo and Karen Watson Gegeo, and my personal experience
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096900
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2010.
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The focus of this article is the relationship between security and development in East Timor and Solomon Islands. External intervention occurred in East Timor in 1999 and 2006, and in Solomon Islands in 2003. Intervention was effective in restoring order in these situations in the short term, but questions remained about long-term strategies for achieving security. Although "development" is proposed as the best way to attain security broadly defined, there are arguments about what development should entail and who should determine its direction. Development strategies giving greater attention to the local level and to customary governance are more likely to achieve legitimacy than those that focus on state-building alone, thus contributing to greater security in the long term.
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