Grad learned of link between instability, insecurity

Grad learned about link between instability, human development

Angela Boss made the decision to pursue her Master’s degree in Human Security and Peacebuilding at Royal Roads after spending two years in the Central African Republic (CAR) working in the area of food security. She says her studies helped her understand the links between instability, insecurity and human development.
by Angela Boss

The Central African Republic, a country blessed with good soils and plenty of rainfall, ranks among the five least-developed countries in the world and has alarmingly high rates of malnutrition. More than eighty per cent of the four million people living in the Central African Republic are subsistence farmers yet food insecurity remains a serious problem.

As I quickly learned while living in the Central African Republic, the root causes of hunger and food insecurity are not easily fixed by more funds and larger development programs. Years of poor governance, multiple coups and the near constant presence of armed rebels and bandits have led to the state of insecurity and malnutrition currently being faced in the country.
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