From conflict to dialogue : The WSP Guatemala way / ed. Edelberto Torres-Rivas, Bernardo Arévalo de León.

Includes list of tables, acronyms and preface.

Part one: Guatemala at the crossroads, 1997 WSP Guatemala : 1. Introduction -- 2. Efforts to achieve peace -- 3. Guatemala in 1997 -- 4. Entry points --

Guatemala, building peace, WSP Guatemala: 5. Introduction -- 6. The nature of the project -- 7. Background of the peace -- 8. The course of the project -- 9. Evaluation, follow-up, recommendations --

A project for political transition. Rubén I Zamora and Christophe Bouvier: 10. Launching WSP in Guatemala -- 11. Implementation I: Country note and entry points -- 12. Implementation II: Project group and working groups -- 13. WSP and the transition to democracy -- 14. The State, civil society and WSP -- 15. Thoughts on WSP methodology -- 16. WSP and the centre/periphery configuration -- 17. Assessing the project --

Part two: Decentralization of Decision-Making within the State. Working group I: 18. Introduction -- 19. Methodological aspects of the esearch -- 20. General aspects of decentralization -- 21. Political aspects of decentralization -- 22. Economic and financial aspects of decentralization -- 23. Administrative and sectoral aspects -- 24. Final considerations --

Working proposal on tax policy. Working group II: 25. Introduction -- 26. Tax administration -- 27. Tax legislation -- 28. Broadening the Tax base -- 29. Tax rates -- 30. Tax culture --

Working proposal on rural development: Working group II: 31. Introduction -- 32. Land tenure -- 33. Renewable natural resources -- 34. Social organizations of the rural population and production support services -- 35. Remuneration and working conditions of campesino wage workers -- 36. Agricultural credit -- 37. Science and technology -- 38. Marketing and agro-industry -- 39. Agrarian legislation --

Proposal for public safety with citizen participation. Working group III: 40. Introduction -- 41. General considerations -- 42. The national civil police -- 43. Mechanism for public participation -- 44. Municipal police --

Constitutional reforms based on the agreement on identity and the rights of indigenous peoples. Working group IV: 45. Introduction -- 46. General considerations -- 47. Proposal -- 48. Conclusions --

Part three: Evaluation committee report: 49. Background -- 50. The overall evaluation -- 51. Specific points --

Recommendations of the follow-up committee: 52. Background -- 53. Recommendation I: That an academic research network be established -- 54. Recommendation II: That WSP's interactive methodology be developed for implementation in the national system of urban and rural development councils --

Part four: International assistance and the peace programme: the present situation and future prospects by Tania Palencia and Luis Alberto Padilla: 55. Introduction -- 56. The state and foering aid -- 57 The flows in reimbursable resources -- 58. General trends in non-reimbursable international assistance -- 59. The peace programme and international assistance -- 60. The challenges of implementing the peace programme -- 61. Conclusions.