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1、RVINTERNATIONA1.MONETARYFUNDFrayingThreads:ExclusionandConflictinSub-SaharanAfricaHanyAbdel-1.atif5MahmoudEl-GamalWP/24/4IMFWorkingPapersdescriberesearchinprogressbytheauthor(三)andarepublishedtoelicitcommentsandtoencouragedebate.TheviewsexpressedinIMFWorkingPapersarethoseoftheauthor(三)anddonotnecess

2、arilyrepresenttheviewsoftheIMF,itsExecutiveBoard,orIMFmanagement.WoRK-NGPAPER2024JANWP/24/42024InternationalMonetaryFundIMFWorkingPaperAfricanDepartmentFrayingThreads:ExclusionandConflictinSub-SaharanAfricaPreparedbyHanyAbdel-1.atif,MahmoudEl-Gamal*AuthorizedfordistributionbyVitaliyKramarenkoJanuary

3、2024IMFWorkingPapersdescriberesearchinprogressbytheauthor(三)andarepublishedtoelicitcommentsandtoencouragedebate.TheviewsexpressedinIMFWorkingPapersarethoseoftheauthor(三)anddonotnecessarilyrepresenttheviewsoftheIMF,itsExecutiveBoard,orIMFmanagement.ABSTRACT:Thisstudyinvestigatesthefactorsleadingtoexc

4、lusionandtheirdetrimentalimpactsinsub-SaharanAfrica(SSA).Itemploystwo-levelsofanalysis:amacro-levelestimationoftheinfluenceofexclusionandmarginalizationonviolentconflict,andamicro-levelinvestigationidentifyingthetriggersofexclusionsentiments.Weconstructstatisticalsummariesfrommultiplemeasuresofexclu

5、sion,producinganoverallexclusionindexaswellassocial,economic,andpoliticalexclusionsub-indices.OurresultsshowtheimportanceofmitigatingexclusionandmarginalizationwithinSSAnations,andpinpointthemosteffectivepolicyleversthatgovernmentsmayusetominimizedestabilizingfeelingsofexclusion.RECOMMENDEDCITATION:

6、Abdel-1.atif,H.,&El-Gamal1M.(2024).FrayingThreads:ExclusionandConflictinSub-SaharanAfrica(IMFWorkingPaperNo.24/4).InternationalMonetaryFund.JE1.ClassificationNumbers:D74,D63,055,015,P48Keywords:Sub-SaharanAfrica;Conflict;Socialexclusion;Politicalexclusion;EconomicexclusionAuthorsE-MailAddress:habdel

7、-latifimf.ora:elaamalrice.eduImfworkingpapersFrayingThreads:ExclusionandConflictinSub-SaharanAfricaWORKINGPAPERSFrayingThreads:ExclusionandConflcitinSub-SaharanAfricaHanyAbdel-1.atif5MahmoudEl-Gamal1TheauthorswouldliketothankDamienCapelle1AntonioDavid,1.ucEyraud1GlenKwende1NicolaPierri1SaadNoorQuayy

8、um1andAlunThomas,forhelpfulcommentsonearlierdraftsofthispaper.INTERNATIONA1.MONETARYFUNDContents1 Introduction52 ConflictinSub-SaharanAfrica:AContext73 ExclusionandConflictinThe1.iterature114 ANewExclusionIndex135 DataandMethodology186 EmpiricalResults216.1 TheEffectsofExclusiononConflict216.2 TheMa

9、inDriversofExclusion267 Conclusion29AppendixA32FrayingThreads:ExclusionandConflictinSub-SaharanAfricaHanyAbdel-1.atifa*,MahmoudEl-GamalbaIntemationaIMonetaryFundbRiceUniversity1. IntroductionSub-SaharanAfrica(SSA)isaregionthatsuffersfromincessantconflictsandpersistentunderdevelopment.Animportantfact

10、orincausingtheseconflictsandunderdevelopmentisexclusion.Wefollowthecommondefinitionofexclusionasaconditionorprocesstlroughwhichcertainindividualsorgroupsaresystematicallydeniedaccesstorights,opportunities,orresources,whichmaybeavailabletoothersegmentsofthepopulation.1Perceptionsofexclusionmaybemagni

11、fiedbyastatesfailuretoprovidebasicpublicservicesacrossdisparateregionssufficientlyand/orequitably.Unequalaccesstocleanwater,food,healthcare,education,andeconomicopportunitiescanmagnifyfeelingsofexclusionamongmarginalizedpopulations.Theseperceptionsofexclusion,inturn,mayleadtosocialstrifethatdisrupts

12、anationsgrowthefforts.ThisconsiderationisparticularlyimportantforSSA,becauseeconomicdevelopmentintheregionhasbeenconsistentlyderailedbypersistentconflicts.Theseconflictswereinpartinheritedfromtheregionscolonialpast,buttheyremainfueledbyethnic,religiouszandtribaldifferencesthathavemagnifiedproblemsfo

13、rpost-colonialnationstates.Whetherornotperceptionsofexclusionareindeedjustified-inotherwords,whetherornottheyareresultsofintentionallydiscriminatorypolicies-theyincreasethefrequencyandintensityofconflictsthathaveadverseeffectsoneconomicperformance.Therefore,ouranalysesarefocusedonperceptionsofexclus

14、ionandtheircorrelatesatthemacro-andmicro-levels,withoutdelvingdeeplyintopoliticalandsocialanalysisoftherealityorcausesofdiscriminatorypolicies.TheviewsexpressedherearethoseoftheauthorsanddonotnecessarilyrepresenttheviewsoftheIMF,itsExecutiveBoard,orIMFmanagement.Correspondingauthor:habdel-latifimf.o

15、rgForexample.UnitedNations(2016)definessocialexclusionas“astateinwhichindividualsareunabletoparticipatefullyineconomic,social,politicalandculturallife,alongwiththeprocessleadingtoandmaintainingsuchastate,z.WorldBank(2013)highlightsthedynamicnatureofexclusionanditsroleinhinderingmeaningfulparticipati

16、oninsociety.ThemeasuresofexclusionthatweconstructinthispaperwillbeshowntocorrelatesignificantlywithclassificationofsomeSSAcountriesintothecategoryofFragileandConflict-affectedStates(FCS).TheWorldBank2023listoffragileandconflicta*cctcdstatesincludesthefollowing17sub-SaharanAfricancountries:BurkinaFaso,Burundi,Cameroon,CentralAfricanRepublic,Chad,Comoros,Re