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Distributional conflict, the state, and peace building in Burundi
Ndikumana, Léonce - 2005 - This draft: June 2005
This paper examines the causes of conflict in Burundi and discusses strategies for building peace. The analysis of the …, because unequal distribution of resources generates conflict, maintaining a system based on inequality is difficult because it …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011527461
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Mining conflicts in sub-Saharan Africa: Actors and repertoires of contention
Engels, Bettina - 2016
developed, starting with existing case studies of current conflicts over industrial mining in sub-Saharan Africa and building on … of engaging in conflict at their disposal, and thus rely on different repertoires of contention when engaging in … bestehenden Fallstudien zu gegenwärtigen Konflikten um den industriellen Bergbau in Subsahara-Afrika sowie aufbauend auf eigene …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012019475
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The legacy of historical conflict evidence from Africa
Besley, Timothy; Reynal-Querol, Marta - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009490067
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Fighting African conflicts and crimes : which governance tools matter?
Asongu, Simplice A.; Kodila-Tedika, Oasis - 2013
Crimes and conflicts are seriously undermining African development. This article assesses the best governance tools in the fight against the scourges. The following findings are established. (1) Democracy, autocracy and voice & accountability have no significant negative correlations with crime....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011410024
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Conflict diamonds
Olsson, Ola (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001723161
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The Future of Intrastate Conflict in Africa More Violence or Greater Peace?
Cilliers, Jakkie - 2017
This paper analyses future trends for intrastate conflict in Africa up to 2050 using the International Futures (IFs … seven key correlations associated with intrastate conflict in Africa. It then points to a number of reasons for the changing … and forecasts trends for intrastate conflict in West, Southern, Horn/East and Central Africa. The authors expect large …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012970646
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Networks in Conflict : Theory and Evidence from the Great War of Africa
König, Michael - 2016
the intensity of a conflict. The model combines elements from network theory and from the politico-economic theory of … conflict. We postulate a Tullock contest success function augmented by an externality: each group's strength is increased by … efforts. We then perform an empirical analysis using data on the Second CongoWar, a conflict that involves many groups in a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013002623
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Matrix governance, cruciform sovereignty and the poverty regime in Africa
Carmody, Pádraig Risteard - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003845659
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Mining conflicts in sub-Saharan Africa : actors and repertoires of contention
Engels, Bettina - 2016
developed, starting with existing case studies of current conflicts over industrial mining in sub-Saharan Africa and building on … of engaging in conflict at their disposal, and thus rely on different repertoires of contention when engaging in … bestehenden Fallstudien zu gegenwärtigen Konflikten um den industriellen Bergbau in Subsahara-Afrika sowie aufbauend auf eigene …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012015739
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Major flaws in conflict prevention policies towards Africa : the conceptual deficits of international actors' approaches and how to overcome them
Mehler, Andreas - 2005
' of a conflict, its aggravating factors and its triggers. Specifically, a correct assessment of conflict prolonging (or … sustaining) factors is of vital importance in Africa's lingering confrontations. Broader approaches (e.g. "structural stability … jahrzehntelangen gewaltsamen Auseinandersetzungen in Afrika von zentraler Bedeutung. Das Diskussionspapier stellt die große …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011929293