Essays about: "effects of conflict in africa"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 17 essays containing the words effects of conflict in africa.

  1. 6. Spillover Effects of Conflict on the Economic Growth of Neighboring Countries: A study of the consequences of conflict reaching beyond the host coun

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Tove Björling; [2021]
    Keywords : Economic Growth; Conflict Economics; Conflict Spillover Effects; New Wars; Contemporary Conflict; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : In this article, the effects of conflict on the economic growth of neighboring countries (referred to as economic spillover effects of conflict) are studied for Asia, Africa and Latin America during 1990-2019. Compared to previous studies on the subject, this study accounts for the changing conflict climate over the years by starting the sample period 30 years later than other authors. READ MORE

  3. 7. 'A Perfect Storm' A case study of how the Ebola response played into conflict dynamics in Sierra Leone

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Cathrine Barklin; [2020]
    Keywords : Civil War; Ebola Outbreak; Humanitarian Response; Protracted Social Conflict; Sierra Leone;

    Abstract : Between 2014 and 2016, West Africa was struck by the largest ever Ebola epidemic. In Sierra Leone, the outbreak occurred only about a decade after the end of an eleven-year long civil war, which left the country with little capacity to contain the virus. READ MORE

  4. 8. Rovdjurskonflikt : boskapsförluster orsakade av lejon

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and Health

    Author : Mathilda Petersson; [2019]
    Keywords : lejon; viltkonflikt; predation; boskap; samexistens;

    Abstract : Det pågår idag en konflikt i Afrika med lejon och pastoralister inblandade. Konflikten verkar öka i takt med att människor med boskap blir fler och lejonens habitat och bytesdjur minskar. Detta litteraturarbete syftar till att utreda de konsekvenser som följer förluster av boskap, både för djurhållaren och för lejonpopulationen. READ MORE

  5. 9. From climate change to anarchy? : A study of the effects of long-term climate change on the dynamics of violent conflict in Kenya 2007-2008

    University essay from Försvarshögskolan

    Author : Martinsson Petter; [2017]
    Keywords : Kenya; Climate change; Conflict; Long term; NDVI; Kenya; Klimatförändring; Konflikt; Långsiktig; NDVI;

    Abstract : This paper studies the effects of long-term climate change on the dynamics of violent conflict in the Kenyan crisis of 2007-2008. Climate change has been found to worsen livelihood conditions in East Africa, leading to a higher competition for resources and increased intergroup tensions. This, in turn, leads to a higher risk for violent conflict. READ MORE

  6. 10. Vegetation Wars: Effects of Long-term Climate Change on Violent Intergroup Conflict in the Sahel Region 2010-2016

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Petter Martinsson; Sona Rashid; [2017]
    Keywords : climate change; conflict; Sahel; Africa; NDVI;

    Abstract : There is a widely-held belief that global climate change will lead to several adverse consequences, one of them being an increased likelihood of violence on the African continent. This study investigates these claims by studying the links between climate change and violent intergroup conflict in the Sahel region 2010-2016. READ MORE