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In sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) one in every five people is directly affected by civil war. So it is not surprising that a recent multi-agency report on the prospects of Africa’s development identifies the task of overcoming the conflict-poverty trap as the most basic and most serious challenge facing sub-Saharan Africa at the time of writing (World Bank, 2000).1 The essence of this trap is not only reflected by the bi-causal relationship between growth (and hence poverty) and the risk of conflict, but also has pivotal linkages with other fundamental variables necessary for post-conflict economic recovery.
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Elbadawi, I.A., Ndung’u, N.S. (2005). The Economic and Political Consequences of Conflict and Implications for Post-Conflict Recovery in Africa. In: Fosu, A.K., Collier, P. (eds) Post-Conflict Economies in Africa. International Economic Association Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230522732_2
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