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Inequalities and Conflict in Africa: An empirical investigation

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  • ODUSOLA, AYODELE
  • BANDARA, AMARAKOON
  • DHLIWAYO, ROGERS
  • DIARRA, BECAYE

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Inequalities and poverty are important drivers of social exclusion, while conflict, social unrest and instability are its manifestation. The preponderance of conflicts in poor and unequal societies has long been documented in the literature.1 As Nagel succinctly argues, “political discontent and its consequences – protest, instability, violence, revolution – depend not only on the absolute level of economic well-being, but also on the distribution of wealth” (Nagel, 1974:453). According to the Kuznets’ inverted-U theory, a high level of income inequality radicalises the proletariat, enhances class polarisation and reduces the tolerance of the bourgeoisie for low-income group participation in political and decisionmaking processes (Muller, 1997).

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  • Odusola, Ayodele & Bandara, Amarakoon & Dhliwayo, Rogers & Diarra, Becaye, "undated". "Inequalities and Conflict in Africa: An empirical investigation," UNDP Africa Reports 267040, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:undpar:267040
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.267040
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    1. Vladimir Hlasny, 2025. "The Ebb and Flow of Economic Distribution Amid a Long-Running Civil War: Mali," LIS Working papers 907, LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg.
    2. Ayodele Odusola, 2017. "Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in Africa in the context of complex global development cooperation," UNDP Africa Research Discussion Papers 307329, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

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