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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454729903321

Titolo

Breaking the cycle [[electronic resource] ] : a strategy for conflict-sensitive rural growth in Burundi : main report, January, 2008 / / Sustainable Development-Central Africa, Country Department 02, Africa Regional Office

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : World Bank, c2008

ISBN

0-8213-7562-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (154 p.)

Collana

World Bank working paper ; ; no. 147

Disciplina

338.967572009173/4

Soggetti

Political violence - Burundi - Prevention

Poverty - Burundi

Rural development - Burundi

Electronic books.

Burundi Economic conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; LIST OF FIGURES; LIST OF BOXES; Foreword; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Executive Summary; CHAPTER 1 A Strategy for Conflict-sensitive Rural Growth; CHAPTER 2 Burundi's Growth: The Need for Long-lasting and Stable Performance; CHAPTER 3 Agricultural Recovery Food Security and Beyond; CHAPTER 4 Export Crops Toward a Significant Contribution to Growth; CHAPTER 5 Overcoming the Main Obstacles to Growth; APPENDIX: Methodology; References

Sommario/riassunto

Burundi, situated in the heart of the Great Lakes Region, is one of the poorest nations in the world. Beset by coups d'états, presidential assassinations and genocide, the country has been caught in a cycle of violence and under-development whereby brief periods of peace have been followed by further state repression and armed conflict. The 2000 Arusha peace accords, the Pretoria agreement of late 2003, the peaceful elections of 2005, and the recent Dar es Salaam peace agreement with the Forces Nationales de Libération have ushered in a period of relative stability. This fragile political proc