Human Capital, Natural Resource Scarcity, and the Rwandan Genocide
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Date of publication
January 2006
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ISBN / Resource ID
Rwanda LAND (Research) - 74
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Taylor & Francis Online
Many authors contend that ethnic extremism coupled with political manipulation were the primary factors behind the Rwandan genocide. Yet, to oversimplify the cause of this tragedy makes one blind to the complicated nexus that generated the outcome. Even though this genocide was quick in its execution, the events that lead to this massacre took years to unfold. We argue that the evolution of human capital and the competition for scarce resources contributed to the genocide.