Conflict Impact on Livelihoods; the Case of Greater Bahr el Ghazal, South Sudan

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الملخص

This study describes and discusses the impact of Sudan’s civil war on the livelihood of people ofSouth Sudan generally and greater Bahr el Ghazal states in particular. Within the context of otherAfrican countries experiences, the study explores and examines the forms of livelihood in SouthSudan in the pre conflict era in order to assess the direct and indirect impact of the violence on themeans of livelihoods (particularly Pastoralism and subsistent farming). The study also attempts toinvestigate and analyze the coping mechanisms adopted to deal with the destruction on theirlivelihood created by the violence. Post 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement the (CPA) efforts onrehabilitation and reconstruction as well as the inhibited constraints are examined with someguidelines for improvement being put forward.The study has relied on multiple sources of information. i) primary sources and fieldvisits; ii) literature from secondary sources, and ii) reports produced by the concerned regional andinternational agencies and, iii) academic journals, books, workshop papers. The researcher facedenormous obstacles in data collection at the fieldwork as insecurity has hampered the process inmany areas in the South which the researcher planned to visit, therefore, insecurity in the designatedareas has constrained the researcher’s access to field information.The research findings can be summarized in the following; i) communities in South Sudan dependon pastoralism and subsistent agriculture as a major sources of livelihoods; ii) that the violence hascaused among other things, death, injuries, internal displacement, conflict on water resources andpoints, destitution and extensive destruction of resources, including livestock; iii) that seriousdamage was inflicted on agriculture, economic and social infrastructure, including education, healthcare and services. v) that destruction of farms and the displacement of the population from richagricultural areas resulted in the serious food shortage; iv) the conflict has also placed cripplingconstraints on agricultural production, marketing and transport adding to already existing problem ofpoor infrastructure lack of access to capital and low level of agricultural efficiency. Recoveryprogramme for rehabilitation of institutions and service delivery to the population in form ofenhanced public services in the rural areas in South Sudan has been initiated. Moreover, variousinitiatives by local and international agencies to help facilitate the incorporation of small holders intocommercial production are now underway aimed at removing constraints that inhabit the economicactivities.This study concludes that, i) substantial part of government efforts for recovery, returnand resettlement has failed; ii) inability to provide minimum levels of security, environment,institutions and livelihoods. iii) widespread possession of illegal firearms made security conditionsworse, and iv) the absence of plan to resolve land issue and poverty that is meant to providesustained livelihoods.The study recommends that i) sustainable livestock production is to be adopted so that theuse of natural resources is maximized through increasing output of the agricultural production andother forms of rural activities. ii) policy framework to deal with land issues. iii) repartition andunification of families is an integral part of the rehabilitation process, therefore local communityleaders and community based organizations have to be strengthen and involved; and, v) the design ofregional plan of action for disarmament and collection of small arms from civilians should beadopted.Finally, “participatory approach” in shaping the return and the resettlement process forlasting peace should be adopted so that sustainable return and resettlement of the displaced could beachieved successfully.

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رقم الوثيقة

10175fdc-9630-42c7-ae87-e5b09bcfeeac

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Crawler

نوع المحتوى

الرسائل العلمية

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رسائل ماجيستير

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1633482_1.pdf

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ألقاب المؤلفين

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اللغة

English

المصدر والدورية

اسم المصدر

Conflict Impact on Livelihoods; the Case of Greater Bahr el Ghazal, South Sudan

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عدد الصفحات

0

إشراف وإعداد

الإشراف

Khalid Ali El Amin

الإعداد

Chan Andrea Mok Chan

الاقتباسات الببليوغرافية