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Livelihoods and conflict in South Sudan

Maxwell, Daniel and Gordon, Rachel and Moro, Leben and Santschi, Martina and Dau, Philip. (2016) Livelihoods and conflict in South Sudan. SLRC Briefing Papers, (20).

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Abstract

More than five million people in South Sudan are currently in urgent need of humanitarian aid, with nearly one-and-a-half million displaced and another one million refugees. These figures indicate large-scale loss of lives and extreme disruption to livelihoods, which will take decades or generations to recover from. Yet livelihoods are often just expected to recover in a post-conflict environment. Findings from six years of research by SLRC do not support this argument; in some areas of South Sudan, support for livelihoods may have even been better during conflict. This briefing paper recommends a rethink in the way that aid actors approach questions of recovery and livelihood. Rather than a simplistic either/ or approach, what is needed is a much more localised and deeper analysis of conflict, inter-communal grievances and inter-communal relations.
Faculties and Departments:04 Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > Departement Gesellschaftswissenschaften > Fachbereich Politikwissenschaft > Politikwissenschaft (Goetschel)
09 Associated Institutions > swisspeace foundation
UniBasel Contributors:Santschi, Martina
Item Type:Other
Publisher:Secure Livelihoods Research Consortium
Number of Pages:4
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Other publications
Language:English
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Deposited On:22 Dec 2016 10:28

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