Publication: South Sudan: Impact of a Continued Internal Conflict on Food Security and Poverty
Date
2014-10
ISSN
Published
2014-10
Author(s)
Pape, Utz
Abstract
South Sudan is a fragile country beset by conflicts. The oil shutdown accompanied
by a border closure in 2012 was resolved, but ongoing military clashes between
factions of the ruling party have affected livelihoods since December 2013. Before
the onset of these conflicts, large parts of the population were food insecure (2 out
of 3 people) and lived in poverty (1 out of 2 people). This note estimates and
juxtaposes the impact of the oil shutdown and the ongoing military conflict on
livelihoods based on food price changes, predicted harvest losses and displacement.
The resulting poverty estimates help to understand the structural implications of
these conflicts. But to validate these numbers, test the underlying modeling
assumptions and inform a policy response, new data needs to be collected urgently.
Citation
“Pape, Utz. 2014. South Sudan: Impact of a Continued Internal Conflict on Food Security and Poverty. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22524 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”