Given the reality that nine of the 22 countries in Sub-Sahara Africa with USAID bilateral missions are currently involved in or have been involved in internal conflict within the past five years, USAID missions are integrating conflict prevention, mitigation, and recovery (CPMR) perspectives more fully into its programming strategies. This challenge, however, is not just restricted to Mission countries or Sub-Sahara Africa. Approximately, 50 countries receiving USAID assistance worldwide are currently experience violent collective conflict to various degrees.

Conflict Vulnerability Analysis: Issues, Tools, and Responses