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Conflict-Affected Areas (CAAs) are those areas where conflict is dominant and has an adverse effect on human lives. CAA can be a region, an area within a country, or an area that spreads across the national boundary of two or more countries. However, there is no common definition of a CAA. Sometimes, CAAs are also identified as high-risk areas. CAAs can be identified by their widespread violence, prevalence of armed conflict, or insurrection that severely hampers the socio-economic and cultural growth of that area. Also, CAAs have two dimensions common everywhere: First it has a problem of ongoing conflict, and second it has a postconflict situation to tackle. The source of conflict can be over the control of territory, resources, ethnicity, sectarian politics, or the government policies. According to the United Nations, world conflict and violence are on the rise and conflicts are often becoming fragmented into several groups, creating complex polar disturbances. Under such...
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Bose, S., Kumar, A. (2021). Conflict-Affected Areas and Sustainable Development Goal 16. In: Leal Filho, W., Marisa Azul, A., Brandli, L., Lange Salvia, A., Özuyar, P.G., Wall, T. (eds) Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95960-3_66
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