| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Trends in conflict and violence -- An overview of conflict and violence in West Africa -- Emerging threats : trafficking, maritime piracy, and religious extremism -- The complex challenges of youth and migration -- The struggle for greater fairness and equity : the challenge of regional imbalances and improved benefit from extractives -- The fragility of political institutions : managing the competition for power -- Security : responding to new threats -- Land institutions : a neverending conundrum -- Lessons in resilience : the end of the Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Côte d'Ivoire conflicts -- Improving the way donors and development agencies support the reduction of fragility -- Annex : political leadership in West Africa |
| Summary |
Since independence, the West African sub-region has been an arena for a number of large-scale conflicts and civil wars, as well as simmering and low-intensity uprisings. Contrary to perceptions, West Africa in its post-independence history has experienced fewer conflict events and fatalities from conflict than the other sub-regions on the continent. The turn of the millennium has witnessed the recession of large-scale and conventional conflict, and it has ushered in new and emerging threats. The specters of religious extremism, maritime piracy, and narcotics trafficking threaten toundermine so |
| Notes |
"January 2015." |
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"This report has been prepared by the Fragility, Conflict and Violence Group at the World Bank." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher |
| Subject |
National security -- Africa, West
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Conflict management -- Africa, West
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Political stability -- Africa, West
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Conflict management
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National security
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Political stability
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West Africa
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Verjee, Neelam, author
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Mogaka, Stephen, author
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World Bank. Fragility, Conflict and Violence Group, issuing body.
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| LC no. |
2015021691 |
| ISBN |
9781464804656 |
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1464804656 |
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