ABSTRACT
Economic issues are being increasingly recognized as one of the driving forces of many armed conflicts. Be it the experience of armed conflict in Angola, Sierra Leone, or the DRC, or the scholarly literature on the political economy of conflict described in earlier chapters, there is a fairly good understanding of how issues like economic inequality, greed and grievances, and conflict financing relate to the onset and perpetuation of a conflict. However, there is much less knowledge about the experience of addressing economic issues in peace negotiations and what solutions have been found by the parties or mediators to address them. This chapter looks at the peace negotiations of Sudan (North-South), Nepal, and Aceh to better understand the resolution of disputes around natural resources and socioeconomic inequalities.
