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This paper focuses on two aspects of the private sector peacebuilding relationship. First, it examines difficulties related to promoting economic recovery by stimulating domestic and international private sector actors in conflict or post-conflict countries to produce and invest in order to reinvigorate economies, termed here indirect peacebuilding. Second, the paper discusses aspects directly related to engaging the private sector in peacebuilding tasks such as employment creation for demobilized combatants or victims of armed conflicts, preferential investment in post-conflict development in affected communities, subscription of codes of good corporate behavior, or alliances between private sector foundations and other civil society organizations.