The Demographic and Socio-economic Distribution of Excess Mortality during the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda
There is an extensive literature on violent conflicts such as the 1994 Rwandan genocide, but few papers examine the profiles of victims and perpetrators, or more broadly the micro-level dynamics of widespread violence. This paper studies the demogr...
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| Format: | Policy Research Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
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2012
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| Online Access: | http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20090303082217 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4046 |
| Summary: | There is an extensive literature on
violent conflicts such as the 1994 Rwandan genocide, but few
papers examine the profiles of victims and perpetrators, or
more broadly the micro-level dynamics of widespread
violence. This paper studies the demographic consequences of
the Rwandan genocide and how the excess mortality due to the
conflict was distributed in the population. Data collected
by the 2000 Demographic and Health Survey indicate that
although there were more deaths across the entire
population, adult males were the most likely to die. Using
the characteristics of the survey respondent as a proxy for
the socio-economic status of the family dead, the results
also show that individuals with an urban or more educated
background were more likely to die. Over and above the human
tragedies, a long-term cost of the genocide is the
country's loss of productive skills. |
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