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Voices of Youth in Post-Conflict Burundi : Perspectives on Exclusion, Gender, and Conflict
World Bank - 2013
This report examines youth in post-conflict Burundi. The research responds to the nascent but growing body of knowledge on conflict, young men and gender. War and violence have devastated societies and economies throughout Africa with young men being the main perpetrators of this violence. This...
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Natural Resources and Violent Conflict : Options and Actions
Bannon, Ian - World Bank - 2003
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Contributors -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- 1. Natural Resources and Conflict: What We Can Do -- 2. The Natural Resource Curse: How Wealth Can -- 3. Who Gets the Money? Reporting Resource Revenues -- 4. Where Did It Come From? Commodity Tracking Systems -- 5....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012687926
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Nigeria Poverty : Environmental Linkages in the Natural Resource Sector - Empirical Evidence from Nigerian Case Studies with Policy Implications and Recommendations
World Bank - 2013
of past donor interventions in Nigeria, and original empirical evidence. The linkages found between poverty and … environmental degradation are based on 240 household surveys analyzed by income quintiles investigated at two sites in Nigeria: the …-management.Specific recommended strategies for Nigeria are based on the empirical findings from the case studies. An agenda for incorporating these …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012559043
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Local conflict in Indonesia : measuring incidence and identifying patterns
Pradhan, Menno - 2004
"The widespread presence of local conflict characterizes many developing countries such as Indonesia. Outbreaks of violent conflict not only have direct costs for lives, livelihoods, and material property, but may also have the potential to escalate further. Recent studies on large-scale...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522950
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Local Conflict in Indonesia : Incidence and Patterns
World Bank - 2012
Major intrastate conflicts, such as civil wars, and the resulting set-backs for economic and political development, have received increasing research attention in recent years. A growing literature has sought to investigate conditions that affect the probability of countries experiencing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012556357
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World Development Report 2011 : Conflict, Security, and Development
World Bank - 2011
The World Development Report 2011 on conflict, security and development will look at conflict as a challenge to economic development. It will analyze the nature, causes and development consequences of modern violence and highlight lessons learned from efforts to prevent or recover from violence....
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Conflict, livelihoods, and poverty in Guinea-Bissau
Barry, Boubacar-Sid (contributor) - 2007
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World development report 2011 : conflict, security, and development
World Bank - 2011
The World Development Report 2011 on conflict, security and development will look at conflict as a challenge to economic development. It will analyze the nature, causes and development consequences of modern violence and highlight lessons learned from efforts to prevent or recover from violence....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012550390
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Lebanon : Economic and Social Impact Assessment of the Syrian Conflict
World Bank - 2014
To provide a solid basis to define its needs and frame its priorities in terms of the specific assistance it seeks from the international community as well as to inform its own domestic policy response, the Government of Lebanon (GoL) requested the World Bank to lead an Economic and Social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012560637
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Conflict Prevention and Reconstruction
World Bank - 2012
Those of us helping countries to build capacity to manage reconstruction after a conflict has ended need to be fully aware of the context in which we operate. Apart from the obvious destruction of infrastructure, presence of armed groups and difficult working conditions, there are several other...
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