Cross-border trade: Fuelling conflict or building peace? An exploration of cross-border trade between Sudan and Uganda and the implications for peacebuilding
September 2009
Cross-border trade has the power to genuinely revitalise a region. Graham Carrington of Conciliation Resources analyses the situation between Uganda and, as it was known at the time of the study, Sudan (now South Sudan).
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In this study, Graham Carrington of Conciliation Resources explores the trade boom along the Uganda-Sudan (now South Sudan) border.
The report examines key policy frameworks and also experiences in the region and looks at issues such as food security, employment and the roles of local government and foreign traders.
It concludes that trade policy and practice between the two communities contributes to peacebuilding and socio-economic recovery but in some cases is also creating tensions.
It recommends that urgent changes are made. For example, local border communities need to benefit more from increased business activity and customs revenue collection needs reform.