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Review
. 2002 Feb 9;324(7333):342-5.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7333.342.

Root causes of violent conflict in developing countries

Frances Stewart  1
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Review

Root causes of violent conflict in developing countries

Frances Stewart. BMJ. .
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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Number of armed conflicts by level, 1946–2000. (Adapted from Gleditsch NP, Wallensteen P, Eriksson M, Sollenberg M, Strand H. Armed conflict 1946-2000: a new dataset. www.pcr.uu.se/workpapers.html)
Figure 2
Figure 2
Victims of a massacre by Hutus in Rwanda
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Comment in

  • Complex political emergencies.
    Sondorp E, Zwi AB. Sondorp E, et al. BMJ. 2002 Feb 9;324(7333):310-1. doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7333.310. BMJ. 2002. PMID: 11834543 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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