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Abstract: This study traces the root causes of terrorism in West Africa, focusing on Nigeria, Mal... more Abstract: This study traces the root causes of terrorism in West Africa, focusing on Nigeria, Mali and Niger. This exploration is conducted within the framework of the relative deprivation and the greed and grievance theories. The relative deprivation theory is often used to analyse contexts of perceived inequality and injustice. It describes how individuals respond to their socio-economic conditions. The greed and grievance theory argues that terrorist organisations may be motivated both by grievances and by economic incentives to wage war on the government...M.A. (Politics and International Relations
Examining the root causes of armed conflict in Africa, 2019
This study analyses the root causes of armed conflict in Africa. this study examines why there wa... more This study analyses the root causes of armed conflict in Africa. this study examines why there was an increase in armed conflict after the end of the Cold War.
Based on evidence linking natural resources to civil conflict, this paper studies two armed group... more Based on evidence linking natural resources to civil conflict, this paper studies two armed groups fighting to control a resource and possibly a second prize. Labor is used in the agricultural, resource extraction and conflict sectors, and the groups also buy a capital input to conflict subject to the constraint that capital spending cannot exceed resource earnings. I find that exogenous shocks can have different effects on conflict intensity depending on whether the credit constraint binds. In particular, international policies to ban natural resource exports from conflict zones (e.g. 'blood diamonds'), raise agricultural productivity or limit the import of weapons will limit conflict intensity if the credit constraint binds. However, if the credit constraint does not bind, then the first two policies promote conflict, and so could even the third policy. The results therefore suggest some caution in international policymaking.
Abstract: This study traces the root causes of terrorism in West Africa, focusing on Nigeria, Mal... more Abstract: This study traces the root causes of terrorism in West Africa, focusing on Nigeria, Mali and Niger. This exploration is conducted within the framework of the relative deprivation and the greed and grievance theories. The relative deprivation theory is often used to analyse contexts of perceived inequality and injustice. It describes how individuals respond to their socio-economic conditions. The greed and grievance theory argues that terrorist organisations may be motivated both by grievances and by economic incentives to wage war on the government...M.A. (Politics and International Relations
Examining the root causes of armed conflict in Africa, 2019
This study analyses the root causes of armed conflict in Africa. this study examines why there wa... more This study analyses the root causes of armed conflict in Africa. this study examines why there was an increase in armed conflict after the end of the Cold War.
Based on evidence linking natural resources to civil conflict, this paper studies two armed group... more Based on evidence linking natural resources to civil conflict, this paper studies two armed groups fighting to control a resource and possibly a second prize. Labor is used in the agricultural, resource extraction and conflict sectors, and the groups also buy a capital input to conflict subject to the constraint that capital spending cannot exceed resource earnings. I find that exogenous shocks can have different effects on conflict intensity depending on whether the credit constraint binds. In particular, international policies to ban natural resource exports from conflict zones (e.g. 'blood diamonds'), raise agricultural productivity or limit the import of weapons will limit conflict intensity if the credit constraint binds. However, if the credit constraint does not bind, then the first two policies promote conflict, and so could even the third policy. The results therefore suggest some caution in international policymaking.