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Title:War and rural development in Africa
Editor:Swift, JeremyISNI
Year:1996
Periodical:IDS Bulletin (ISSN 0265-5012)
Volume:27
Issue:3
Pages:98
Language:English
City of publisher:Brighton
Publisher:University of Sussex, Institute of Development Studies
Geographic term:Africa
Subjects:rural development
civil wars
international politics
External link:https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/17595436/27/3
Abstract:Conflicts are going to be a key part of the situation facing rural development in Africa for the foreseeable future. This Bulletin explores five issues which should be on the agenda of rural development in Africa if researchers are to face the issue of conflict effectively. The first task is to contribute to a better understanding of the causes, conduct and consequences of war in Africa (Alex de Waal). The second is to disaggregate analysis in view of the varied and locality-specific forms of conflict. Predatory livestock raiding among the Turkana of Kenya is a case in point (Dylan Hendrickson, Robin Mearns, and Jeremy Armon). A more disaggregated gender analysis of conflict and especially of emergency relief distribution during or after conflict is also needed (Bridget Byrne). With a rise in the number of conflicts, better procedures for conflict resolution become imperative. Lessons can be learned from conflict management for multiple resource users in pastoralist and agropastoralist contexts (Ben Cousins). Postconflict rehabilitation must be guided by careful case by case assessment, as indicated by the example of Rwanda (Johan Pottier), and it will be necessary to forge new alliances with professionals in different fields, witness the growing attention being paid to the mental health of war-damaged populations (Melissa Parker), and the emerging doctrine of military humanitarianism and the growing importance attached to consent in peacekeeping (Hugo Slim).
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