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  The impact of conflict on the intergenerational transmission of chronic poverty: an overview and annotated bibliography

  Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK, 2007

  This overview and annotated bibliography reviews the multi-disciplinary literature on the impact of conflict on intergenerational transmission (IGT) of chronic poverty.It addresses the following issues:the mechanisms by which conflict causes povertythe duration of the resulting povertythe likelihood that poverty will be transmitted from one generation to anotherthe types of
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  Reducing urban violence in developing countries

  Brookings Institution, 2006

  This brief presents an integrated framework for understanding urban violence. It is informed by the findings from participatory urban appraisals of violence undertaken in 18 poor urban communities in Colombia and Guatemala.The paper argues that evidence from Latin America challenges the popular stereotype that poverty is the main cause of violence.
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  Poverty dynamics, violent conflict and convergence in Rwanda

  Households in Conflict Network, 2006

  Civil war and genocide in 1990s Rwanda saw not only millions of lives lost, but a population left behind to establish a livelihood when facing serious obstacles.