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Social Capital, Survival Strategies, and their Potential for Post-Conflict Governance in Liberia

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This paper investigates how people created, adapted and used social capital and conflict resolution during more than a decade of violent conflict in Liberia, and the potential of such capital to contribute to post-conflict peacebuilding and self-governance.

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  • Amos Sawyer, 2005. "Social Capital, Survival Strategies, and their Potential for Post-Conflict Governance in Liberia," WIDER Working Paper Series RP2005-15, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
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    1. Caroline A. Hartzell, 1999. "Explaining the Stability of Negotiated Settlements to Intrastate Wars," Journal of Conflict Resolution, Peace Science Society (International), vol. 43(1), pages 3-22, February.
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    1. Calvo, Thomas & Lavallée, Emmanuelle & Razafindrakoto, Mireille & Roubaud, François, 2020. "Fear Not For Man? Armed conflict and social capital in Mali," Journal of Comparative Economics, Elsevier, vol. 48(2), pages 251-276.
    2. Jennings, Colin & Sanchez-Pages, Santiago, 2017. "Social capital, conflict and welfare," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 124(C), pages 157-167.
    3. Полчанов, Андрій Юрійович, 2018. "Методика оцінки фінансового потенціалу держави у подоланні наслідків військових конфліктів // Methodology for assessing the financial potential of the state in overcoming the consequences of military ," Проблеми теорії та методології бухгалтерського обліку, контролю і аналізу // Problems of Theory and Methodology of Accounting, Control and Analysis, Житомирський державний технологічний університет // Zhytomyr State Technological University, vol. 39(1).
    4. Theodora-Ismene Gizelis, 2011. "A Country of their Own: Women and Peacebuilding," Conflict Management and Peace Science, Peace Science Society (International), vol. 28(5), pages 522-542, November.

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