Fragilities and shocks effects on households and communities in West Africa

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Autor(a) principal: Agulonye, Uzoma Vincent Patrick
Data de Publicação: 2023
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/27113
Resumo: Shocks are drivers of fragility yet most works on fragility in Africa use the tag “fragile state(s)” with less focus on the drivers of fragility in its institutions, states, and economies. Shocks are cardinal to the entrenchment or stability of any system. The Covid-19 pandemic revealed how fragile the world is including the “developed” or “advanced” systems. Today, households, businesses, and communities in most parts of Sub-Saharan Africa suffer the effects of a triple whammy (climate change, the pandemic and Russia/Ukraine War) including effects of history and an unfavourable global system all of which leaves them in hunger, poverty and vulnerable conditions. This study used secondary sources to revisit the effects of these shocks on households, and communities in West Africa through the lens of common resources. The recent shocks effects prevalent in all these countries is higher than reported and would affect West Africa´s growing population in the foreseeable future with the absence of safety nets or effective interventions. The absence of shocks preparation in the subregion is not sustainable and adds up to the sustenance of the revolving circle of fragility in the subregion.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Fragilities and shocks effects on households and communities in West Africa
title Fragilities and shocks effects on households and communities in West Africa
spellingShingle Fragilities and shocks effects on households and communities in West Africa
Agulonye, Uzoma Vincent Patrick
shock
Africa
climate change
household
community
fragility
Pandemic
title_short Fragilities and shocks effects on households and communities in West Africa
title_full Fragilities and shocks effects on households and communities in West Africa
title_fullStr Fragilities and shocks effects on households and communities in West Africa
title_full_unstemmed Fragilities and shocks effects on households and communities in West Africa
title_sort Fragilities and shocks effects on households and communities in West Africa
author Agulonye, Uzoma Vincent Patrick
author_facet Agulonye, Uzoma Vincent Patrick
author_role author
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Agulonye, Uzoma Vincent Patrick
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv shock
Africa
climate change
household
community
fragility
Pandemic
topic shock
Africa
climate change
household
community
fragility
Pandemic
description Shocks are drivers of fragility yet most works on fragility in Africa use the tag “fragile state(s)” with less focus on the drivers of fragility in its institutions, states, and economies. Shocks are cardinal to the entrenchment or stability of any system. The Covid-19 pandemic revealed how fragile the world is including the “developed” or “advanced” systems. Today, households, businesses, and communities in most parts of Sub-Saharan Africa suffer the effects of a triple whammy (climate change, the pandemic and Russia/Ukraine War) including effects of history and an unfavourable global system all of which leaves them in hunger, poverty and vulnerable conditions. This study used secondary sources to revisit the effects of these shocks on households, and communities in West Africa through the lens of common resources. The recent shocks effects prevalent in all these countries is higher than reported and would affect West Africa´s growing population in the foreseeable future with the absence of safety nets or effective interventions. The absence of shocks preparation in the subregion is not sustainable and adds up to the sustenance of the revolving circle of fragility in the subregion.
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