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The Economics of Civil Conflict in Africa: The Case of Chad

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As several authors have pointed out (Collier and Hoeffler, 1998, 1999, 2002; Collier, Elbadawi and Sambanis 2000; De Soysa, 2002; Sambanis, 2002) political and economic shortcomings constitute the basis for civil war. This chapter applies these ideas to Chad, leading up to the outbreak of civil war in 1979, and shows how the conflict had an impact on the subsequent development of Chad’s economy. At the time of writing, petroleum is beginning to flow but conflict continues, the causes of which endure.

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  1. Nadjiounoum Djimtoingar
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  2. Djona Atchénémou Avocksouma
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. African Economic Research Consortium, Nairobi, Kenya

    Augustin Kwasi Fosu

  2. Economic Commission for Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

    Augustin Kwasi Fosu

  3. St Antony’s College, Oxford, UK

    Paul Collier

  4. Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford, UK

    Paul Collier

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Djimtoingar, N., Avocksouma, D.A. (2005). The Economics of Civil Conflict in Africa: The Case of Chad. 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_7

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