THE SCOPE OF VIOLENT CONFLICT AND CONFLICT

RISK
✓ Physical Security is the foundation for human capability

✓ Violent conflict has held back progress in many of the poorest countries.

✓ Economic harm – future conflicts

✓ The costs of renewed conflict are very high, making prevention even more
important than ever

CONSEQUENCES OF ARMED CONFLICT

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1. Violent conflict harms health in ways both obvious and unexpected

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2. Parents lose their livelihood, become refugees, and children are forced to

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ARMED CONFLICT – contested incompatibility that concerns government. and/or
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territory where the use of armed force between two parties, of which at least one is
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CONSEQUENCES OF ARMED CONFLICT

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1. Health
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2. Destruction of wealth
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3. Worsening hunger and poverty

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4. Loss of education

5. A torn social fabric

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CAUSES OF ARMED CONFLICT AND RISK FACTORS FOR CONFLICT

1. Horizontal inequalities

 Frances Stewart - raises risk conflict

 Natural resources for basic needs

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  Struggle to control Exportable Natural Resources

RESOLUTION AND PREVENTION OF ARMED CONFLICT

1. Importance of Institutions

○ Commitment Problem – an inability to make a credible promise to

honor a contractual agreement due to renege

2. Global Actors

3. Regional Actors

○ Stage 1: governments have to show commitment to consolidate peace

and security and have unmet social and economic needs

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RESOLUTION AND PREVENTION OF ARMED CONFLICT

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○ Stage 2: governments must demonstrate that they are improving

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macroeconomic conditions and pursuing sound debt policy, have sound

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financial management policy and exhibit transparency
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✓ National Actors

○ Fragility is a big part of the problem

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✓ Focus on education
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✓ Local “community-Driven” Economic Development

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