Getting to Youths: Development Programming, Conflict Resolution, and Political Violence in Niger

• In Event: Youth Politics and Activism from a Comparative Perspective

Brief Overview

Randomly assigning Nigerien youth to participation in negotiation training reduces their support for political violence, above and beyond participation in a standard economic intervention to reduce violent extremism.

Authors

• Matthew K Ribar, Washington University in St Louis

• Kathryn Lance, Mercy Corps

• Ryan Sheely, Mercy Corps

• Ifeoluwa M Olawole, American University