Keith Sargent

Over the last ten years Keith Sargent has been increasingly involved in the post-conflict reconstruction of fragile states. This has led him to undertake research at the Desmond Tutu Centre for War and Peace Studies. Here he describes some of the issues that he has been confronting.

In late May 2006, Keith Sargent was commissioned by the UN Department for Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) to advise on the economic management training requirements for government officials and academia in North Korea. This brief note highlights the achievements, frustrations and ultimate demise of an initiative that aimed to address a few of the real development needs of North Korea and transcend the rhetoric of the Six Party Talks.

keith.sargent@dpu-associates.net

Areas of specialisation / focus

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Public sector reform (PSR) / institutional modernisation and capacity building

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Good governance / anti-corruption and integrity

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Socio-economic development and stabilisation planning

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Donor coordination and aid harmonisation

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Programme and project appraisal and evaluation

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Fragile states

Keith Sargent is an independent advisor who works in the field of state / peace building and specialises in the areas of economic development planning and institutional modernisation, capacity building and good governance in the public sector. In the course of his career he has advised at prime-ministerial and ministerial levels of Government, and sat on major government committees.