We’re doing it elsewhere. Vaccines. Electrification. Education.

Now, let’s do it for peace.

What would you build into a peace economy?

Let’s design it together.

#peacebuilding #impactinvesting #peaceeconomies

Peace economies shift the goal from “delivering programming” to “building infrastructure.”

They integrate capital, local value creation, and risk reduction.

They make peace durable—because they make it make sense and cents.

This isn’t just about money. It’s about mindset.

We can learn from fields that have been transforming from aid dependence to independent systems.

Peacebuilding must do the same.

Because what good is it to save a child’s life with a vaccine, only to have that child grow up and die in war?

A peace economy is not a metaphor. It’s a design shift.

Instead of funding dozens of pilots, it funds platforms.
Instead of grants and contracts, it uses investment.

Instead of reports, it delivers real-world returns—safety, dignity, hope, and scale.

Traditional peacebuilding was built like a jigsaw puzzle—fragmented, short-term, and donor-driven.

Each piece might fit for a moment. But it can’t hold under pressure.

We need a new blueprint.

We have an opportunity to completely change the system.

If you’re working on funding, designing, or scaling peace—especially in a post-USAID world—I’d love to connect.

Let’s build systems that are big enough for the moment.
#peaceeconomies #systemschange #postUSAID

What would it take to build peace economies that:
✅ Independence from donor cycles
✅ Local value chains
✅ Reframing peace as prevention and risk reduction

We don’t scale peacebuilding.
We start too small.
We design to fit the grant—not the need.

Most peacebuilding programs are:
✔️3 to 5 years
✔️Donor-dependent (money ends, project ends)
✔️Measured by deliverables, not durability

That’s not a strategy. It’s a workaround.

War economies are well understood. It’s time to create peace economies—where stability isn’t just a moral good, but an economic one.

If you're working at the intersection of peace, policy, capital, and systems change, I’d love to connect.

Peace work can’t just scale—it needs to start at scale. That means breaking free from short-term donor cycles and building models that are community-led, financially resilient, and built to last.