Conflict, Livelihoods, and Poverty in Guinea-Bissau: An Overview

Boubacar-Sid Barry, Estanislao Gacitua-Mario and Quentin Wodon

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Abstract: Conflict and political instability have considerably weakened Guinea-Bissau’s productive infrastructure during the past three decades. This situation has contributed to an increase in the degree of vulnerability of the population, especially in rural areas. As growth has been weak, poverty levels have remained high. This paper serves as an introduction and overview for a book that provides a collection of papers on conflict, livelihoods, and poverty in Guinea-Bissau based on both a nationally representative 2002 household survey and a small-scale survey with both quantitative and qualitative components implemented in 2004. After a brief review of political developments since independence, this overview summarizes the report’s main findings in the areas of conflict, growth and poverty, institutions and social networks, the characteristics of the poor and determinants of poverty, the population’s means of livelihood, and, finally, cashew production and taxation.

Keywords: Conflict; Livelihoods; Poverty; Gionea-Bissau (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D74 I32 N17 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007-01
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Published in Conflict, Livelihoods and Poverty in Guinea-Bissau (edited by Boubacar-Sid Barry, Edward Creppy, Estanislao Gacitua-Mario and Quentin Wodon, published as World Bank Working Paper 88) (2007): pp. 1-9

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