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The LRA and Its costs on economic security

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dc.contributor.author Abaho, Anne
dc.contributor.author Asiimwe, Solomon
dc.contributor.author Mawa, Michael
dc.date.accessioned 2021-12-14T04:20:54Z
dc.date.available 2021-12-14T04:20:54Z
dc.date.issued 2019-11-20
dc.identifier.issn 2327-5960
dc.identifier.issn 2327-5952
dc.identifier.uri https://pub.nkumbauniversity.ac.ug/xmlui/handle/123456789/253
dc.description The objective of the study was to assess the economic insecurities resulting from the LRA conflict in Gulu District, Northern Uganda. Conflict poses serious challenges at all levels from individual to collective compromising the chances of achieving political, social and economic stability. explains the size of the problem in statistical forms indicating that about 191 million people lost their lives to political violence in the 20th century and since the turn of the century, about 4 million have died in armed conflict. In 2008, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) confirmed that conflict has devastating consequences; creates large numbers of casualties either directly or indirectly, exacerbates malnutrition and disease, substantially leads to loss of livelihood, employment and incomes, collapses infrastructure, State institutions and rule of law as well as maintaining a chain of insecurity and fractured social networks. These consequences have serious implications on both State and human security. en_US
dc.description.abstract The study acknowledged economic security as part of the wider security conceptions especially in human security. Using the case of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), the study brought to light the costs of conflict on economic security particularly in Gulu district, Northern Uganda. It adopted a qualitative approach and relied on primary data collection methods (Interviews, Focus Group Discussions and observation) to assess how conflict affected economic security. Field findings revealed that the conflict had tremendous effects on economic security ranging from destruction of property and loss of assets, reduction in production and persistent poverty among others. The study recommended that the government should deliberately target the most vulnerable groups for training and skilling as well as capitalization of income generating projects. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Open journal of social sciences. en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries Issue 7;No. 133-146
dc.subject Security en_US
dc.subject Economic security en_US
dc.subject Lord’s resistance army (LRA) en_US
dc.subject Gulu district en_US
dc.title The LRA and Its costs on economic security en_US
dc.title.alternative Gulu district, Northern Uganda en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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