## Fraying Threads: Exclusion and Conflict in Sub-Saharan Africa

_IMF Working Papers, January 12, 2024_

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## Bibliographic details
- 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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### Study scope and approach
- Investigates the factors leading to exclusion and their detrimental impacts in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).
- Employs two-levels of analysis:
  - Macro-level estimation of the influence of exclusion and marginalization on violent conflict.
  - Micro-level investigation identifying the triggers of exclusion sentiments.
- Constructs statistical summaries from multiple measures of exclusion, producing:
  - an overall exclusion index,
  - social, economic, and political exclusion sub-indices.

### Key findings
- Results show the importance of mitigating exclusion and marginalization within SSA nations.
- The analysis pinpoints the most effective policy levers that governments may use to minimize destabilizing feelings of exclusion.

### Subjects and keywords
- Subject: Climate change, Education, Environment, Financial sector policy and analysis, Financial soundness indicators, Food security, Health, Poverty
- 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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