political elites if not managed, and retrigger tensions.354 Economic policies, frameworks and programmes that take into account Agenda 2016 and SDG’s emphasis on equitable and inclusive growth and development are the best model for delivery of services and welfare as a peace building strategy. In the recovery phase, economic reconstruction should entail policies to take into account participation and inclusion of men and women. Economic integrate policies gender and frameworks responsive that economic empowerment are important, more so doing economic reconstruction phases. Strategies that promote women’s effective participation in the informal sector are important. Furthermore, sustained measures aimed at transitioning women into the formal economy will help to build their resilience in recovery phases. In that regard, the APRM should encourage governments to adopt programmes that enable women, including rural women, to access production inputs, labour and financial markets on an equal footing with men. Involving the private sector in peacebuilding activities through effective partnerships with key populations, including men and women from conflict affected areas is strategic. The private sector can provide entry points economic reconstruction projects to improve livelihoods, entrepreneurship and skills building. The involvement of men and women in such programmes should be encouraged by governments and integrated in development and recovery plans. The APRM should amplify the value returns of such good practices and encourage countries to provide spaces and direction for private corporations to build on such good practices. Corporations practice corporate social responsibility as a form of good citizenship that is recommended by APRM. Countries should provide corporations with development 354 Crisis States Programme ‘Governance and Conflict Management: Implications for donor intervention’ Working Paper No 9, Benedict Latto 2002 114