Conflict Relapse and the Sustainability of Post-Conflict Peace

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Conflict Relapse and the Sustainability of Post-Conflict Peace

dc.contributor.author	Walter, Barbara F.
dc.date.accessioned	2012-06-26T15:37:22Z
dc.date.available	2012-06-26T15:37:22Z
dc.date.issued	2011
dc.description.abstract	Finds civil wars and their recurrence fall into three patterns: (1) the 'conflict trap,' meaning once a country experiences one civil war, it is significantly more likely to experience additional episodes of violence as shown by a 57 percent recidivism rate from 1945-2009; (2) the dominant form of armed conflict in the world today is recurring civil war; and (3) concentration of civil wars in a few regions, especially in the poorest and weakest states of sub-Saharan Africa. Renewed wars result primarily from factors such as grievances based on economic under-development and ethnic and religious differences, and opportunities for rebellion created by rebel recruitment, money and supplies, and constraints on state capacity. Political institutions are the key to explaining why some countries can escape the conflict trap while others cannot. How the war ends--whether by ceasefire or comprehensive peace treaty--appears not to matter, although the government's ability to credibly commit to a peace agreement likely affects its ability to avoid repeat civil war.	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/9069
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/9069
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Washington, DC: World Bank
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subject	World Development Report 2011
dc.title	Conflict Relapse and the Sustainability of Post-Conflict Peace	en
dspace.entity.type	Publication
okr.crosscuttingsolutionarea	Fragility, Conflict, and Violence
okr.date.doiregistration	2025-05-05T12:29:43.132730Z
okr.globalpractice	Governance
okr.language.supported	en
okr.region.administrative	Africa
okr.relation.associatedurl	https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/4389
okr.topic	Conflict and Development
okr.topic	Governance