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Violent Conflict and Chronic Poverty

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Conflict prevails in all societies, at all levels of per capita income. Successful societies are those that build institutions, both formal and informal, capable of channelling conflict into mechanisms for its nonviolent expression and eventual resolution. Violence then becomes the exception in social life, and when violence does occur, it is contained and prevented from eroding the foundations of the state itself.1

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    Andrew Shepherd (Director) (Director)

  2. Effective States and Inclusive Development Research Centre, Brooks World Poverty Institute, The University of Manchester, UK

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Addison, T., Bach, K., Braunholtz-Speight, T. (2013). Violent Conflict and Chronic Poverty. In: Shepherd, A., Brunt, J. (eds) Chronic Poverty. Rethinking International Development Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137316707_8

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