Institutional Sustainability in the Context of International Donor Funded Programs in Fragile and Post-Conflict Communities of West Africa (The Cases of CDDP Funded Decentralised Village Development Institutions in The Gambia and Sierra Leone) Lamin O. Ceesay Dissertation completed in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of a Doctor of Social Sciences (Dr. rer. pol.) from the Faculty of Law, Economics and Social Sciences at the University of Erfurt 2020 Printed with the support of the DAAD-Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (German Academic Exchange Service).