Poverty-Conflict Nexus: The Contentious Issue Revisited

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  • Brian Vincent Ikejiaku

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https://doi.org/10.14207/ejsd.2012.v1n2p127

Abstract

Most scholars, who have contributed to the Poverty-Conflict debate, took the positionthat poverty on its own cannot cause conflict, though a few others think otherwise.Focusing on Africa, this paper in contributing to this debate, briefly looks at the large-works of scholars including their theoretical and empirical positions. It then considerssome of the primary variables: economic, political, and ethnicity that can help in theexplanation of poverty-conflict issue. Employing the human-needs perspective, the paperargues on politics that is the role of government and how its level of corruptioninfluences the way in which poverty affects conflict that hinders development in Africa.

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Published

2012-06-01

How to Cite

Ikejiaku, B. V. (2012). Poverty-Conflict Nexus: The Contentious Issue Revisited. European Journal of Sustainable Development, 1(2), 127. https://doi.org/10.14207/ejsd.2012.v1n2p127

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