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  "title": "Fraying Threads: Exclusion and Conflict in Sub-Saharan Africa",
  "publication": "IMF Working Papers, January 12, 2024",
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  "summary": "This study investigates the factors leading to exclusion and their detrimental impacts in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). It employs two-levels of analysis: a macro-level estimation of the influence of exclusion and marginalization on violent conflict, and a micro-level investigation identifying the trigg",
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      "content": "- Investigates the factors leading to exclusion and their detrimental impacts in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).\n- Employs two-levels of analysis:\n  - Macro-level estimation of the influence of exclusion and marginalization on violent conflict.\n  - Micro-level investigation identifying the triggers of exclusion sentiments.\n- Constructs statistical summaries from multiple measures of exclusion, producing:\n  - an overall exclusion index,\n  - social, economic, and political exclusion sub-indices."
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      "content": "- Results show the importance of mitigating exclusion and marginalization within SSA nations.\n- The analysis pinpoints the most effective policy levers that governments may use to minimize destabilizing feelings of exclusion."
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      "content": "- Subject: Climate change, Education, Environment, Financial sector policy and analysis, Financial soundness indicators, Food security, Health, Poverty\n- Keywords: Climate change, Conflict, conflict in Sub-Saharan Africa, Economic exclusion, exclusion sentiment, Financial soundness indicators, Food security, growth effort, IMF working paper No. 24/4, policy lever, Political exclusion, Social exclusion, Sub-Saharan Africa\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- Working Paper\n  - Working Paper (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - Working Paper (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n\n---\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/wp/issues/2024/01/12/fraying-threads-exclusion-and-conflict-in-sub-saharan-africa-543721"
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    "Authors: Hany Abdel-Latif, Mahmoud El-Gamal",
    "Published: January 12, 2024",
    "Series: IMF Working Papers",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9798400263637.001",
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    "Keywords: Climate change, Conflict, conflict in Sub-Saharan Africa, Economic exclusion, exclusion sentiment, Financial soundness indicators, Food security, growth effort, IMF working paper No. 24/4, policy lever, Political exclusion, Social exclusion, Sub-Saharan Africa",
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