Running head: THE ECONOMY, GLOBAL FINANCE, AND1The Economy, Global Finance, and InequalityJoseph BrownAssignment 3Dr. Timothy SmithPAD540March 6, 2014Evaluate the impact of international political economy on the economic and social situation inDarfur, and assess the role ofglobal finance and inequality in the region's conflict. Based onyour analysis, recommend effective strategies for preventing a recurrence of the Darfur conflictin the future. Your response should be well-supported by evidence and scholarly sources, and itshould be no less than 1,500 words in length.
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THE ECONOMY, GLOBAL FINANCE, AND2Part III:The Economy, Global Finance, and Inequality ofDarfurThis analysis will evaluate the extent to which international political economyhasimpacted Darfur; then, next would be a brief assessment in whichthe war in Darfur has impactedglobal finance.Then later on a discussion on the rolethat global inequality and poverty haveplayed in Darfur will follows.Lastly,this paperwill recommends primary strategies that arebelieve will aid the main participants in Darfur to develop policies geared towards preventing arepeat occurrence of the war in the future.The EconomyInternational political economy is the two-way relationship between international politicsand international economics. The links between politics and economics run in both directions.Events in the international economy often have political consequences.The study ofinternational political economy encompasses a variety of economic and political questionsconcerning the movement of goods, money, people, and ideas across borders. States are onlypartly able to control economic processes that occur entirely within their borders; they are evenless able to influence the activities that cross borders.“Trade creates the potential for conflict, but because it is so lucrative, there are alsopowerful incentives to work out differences through compromise and negotiation”(D’Anieri,2014).Moreover,Sudan is underdeveloped; a disheartening situation that makes its constituentpoor regions to depend heavily on Khartoum for development projects. In this case, Darfurpresents a ‘special scenario’ its level of underdevelopment surpasses those of others and hashighly impoverished ‘almost all’ social categoriesin the region.The region's name means"Home of the Fur"(Kjeilen, 2014). What is so strange about this isalthough the nameregionhasa historic tie with the people of the Flu tribe;todaythey represent theminority in the region.
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