Harnessing Market Forces for Peace

We cultivate peace-supporting economic opportunities in fragile and at-risk countries.

The Peace Dividend Initiative (PDI) is a peace-dividend accelerator dedicated to harnessing market forces for peace. PDI bridges the gap between peace mediation and economic actors through dialogue, incubation, and investment.

Headquartered in Geneva, PDI is connected to peacemakers, international organisations, governments, investors, and entrepreneurs.

A boat on the water in Geneva, Switzerland — Geneva – city of peace

We are committed to serving the needs of the peace sector through harnessing market forces.

We have developed an innovative mechanism to address the conflict trap.

Stimulating economic development in countries emerging from conflict can be challenging, due to fragile institutions, insecurity and illicit networks.

We focus on where we can make a real difference.

PDI’s interventions focus on the hardest-to-reach actors and conflict-affected areas, and deploy only where PDI’s efforts can make a real difference in addressing persistent gaps in the market response.

We support the existing peace diplomacy ecosystem.

PDI relies on extensive field networks that provide leading conflict analysis, trusted introductions, and on-the-ground operational capability in the world’s most conflict-affected countries.

The Peace Dividend Initiative was born as a result of peace actors’ demand for an innovative mechanism that could support their work to build and consolidate peace by effectively harnessing market forces.

We pursue three strategic objectives: dialogue, incubation and investment.

Dialogue

We advance peace processes by supporting mediation with economic dialogue.

Peace Value Chains in Colombia - Peace Dividend Initiative working to harness market forces for peace

Incubation

We build and incubate peace-supporting economic opportunities in conflict-affected areas.

Investment

We invest peace-supporting capital in conflict-affected and at-risk countries.