Violent Conflicts and Education: The LRA Insurgency in Northern Uganda Revisited

Douglas Kazibwe

World Development, 2025, vol. 186, issue C

Abstract: I investigate the impact of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) insurgency on educational outcomes in Northern Uganda, using a Difference–in–Differences (DiD) model that leverages variations in conflict intensity across birth cohorts and geographic locations. The results show that individuals exposed to the conflict experience declines in completed years of schooling, primary school completion, and literacy, with varying effects by gender and place of residence. The study also explores supply and demand mechanisms, finding that reduced school construction and repairs, overcrowding, and increased studen–teacher ratios due to displacement exacerbate these educational setbacks. These mechanisms are crucial for understanding war’s broader impact on households, communities, and social services.

Keywords: Lord’s Resistance Army; Conflict; Education; Uganda (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I20 I26 J10 N47 O15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2024.106822

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