The Economic Basis Of Conflict Among The Nuer And Anuak Communities

This study is based on the UN arg7lment that every hody has the right to adequaternshe/ter and that society for its welfare depends on the fulfillm ent of the basicrnneeds: food, health, and shelter. As one mpect, the housing availahility andrnqllality in regional capitals of Ethiopia over the 198-/-1994 period are exploredrnhere. Ethiopia witnessed a government change in 1991 together with anrnideological and economic reform. the urban restructuring that follOved thisrnchanges maintained 3 of the 12 previ01ls regional administrative capitals while thernrest 9 were given zonal center s/a/lls. The redefinition also included 5 newlyrnupgraded centers which all gained regional capi/al statlls. After a detailedrnexamination of the 17 individllal regional capitals the study established that therernare considerable variations in the peljormallce and in the pace of h01lsingrnavailability and quality hetween and within eqllal status centers. The majorrndeterminants were the favorahle physical location, the easy access of b1lildingrnmaterial and the h01lseholds' capacities. The selection of the centers asrnadministrative capitals indllced overall improvements, which also infl1lenced thernpace. Yet it seems municipalities and local governments did not recognize nor hadrnnot the capacity to 1Ise this opport1lnity. The flltllre s/ill hold

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