Peace on a Precipice: Cote d'Ivoire

Alex Vines

Peace on a Precipice: Cote d'Ivoire

Chatham House

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Abstract

Ten years ago Côte d'Ivoire and Zimbabwe were believed to and economically successful. Since then both countries have seen a dramatic decline in prosperity, hallmarked by poor governance, bad leadership, racism, xenophobia and clumsy efforts at land reform. In 2005 both held elections. Côte d'Ivoire is the most immediately worrying, its crisis could blow up into a bloody all-out civil war that would serious implications for West Africa.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	22-23
Number of pages	2
Journal	The World Today
Volume	61
Issue number	1
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2005
Externally published	Yes

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Peace on a Precipice: Cote d'Ivoire

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