confines and participate in socio-economic activities in the reconstruction phase.282 Progressive governments can also extend opportunities for women’s increased roles in economic development. In Somalia, despite the breakdown of formal institutions to drive economic development, women provided much needed support to the local economy through agricultural and small business by investing in agriculture and small businesses.283 In Burundi, small scale micro business projects had a peacebuilding effect when former refugees, IDPs and combatants from all sides were involved in economic recovery projects together.284 b) Facilitating the participation of key stakeholders in policy and programme discussion and implementation Participation of citizens in policy formulation and implementation is important for delivering inclusive, equitable growth. APRM Reviews assess the extent to which citizens as social stakeholders participate in conceptualising, designing and implementing actions, programmes and policies for economic management. In the NPoA phase, APRM works with governments to identify entry points to concretise this central principle that promotes shared ownership of the economy to integrate social justice with growth. Promoting social justice in economic development is essential for ensuring equitable growth. An argument is made that when networks of men and women are targeted for economic empowerment, this contributes towards political capital in important areas of governance.285 Political economy analyses of post conflict states caution that treating economic processes as purely technical processes without regard to the historical and political context misses the opportunity to address pre-existing inequalities and to create economies of peace.286 The term peace economy connotes a deliberate strategy to analyse the economic dimensions of peace, make befitting investments in peace with 282 Kanjarawi R ‘Participation of Women in Post Conflict processes. The example of Bosnia and Herzegovina’ Humanities and Social Sciences, 2015. 283 The United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women ‘Women, Peace and Security in Somalia: Implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1325. A UN-INSTRAW Background Paper, 2008 284 Myrttinen H, Naujoks and El-Bushra Judy ‘Re-thinking gender in peacebuilding (2014) International Alert 285 Wai JS , 2018. "Post-Conflict Reconstruction, Microfinance and Democratic Engagement," Peace Economics, Peace Science, and Public Policy, De Gruyter, vol. 24(3), 2018 286 Distler W, Stavrevska E & Vogel B ‘Economies of Peace: Economy Formation Processes and Outcomes in Conflict-Affected Societies’ (2018). Available at https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/fciv20 93