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Report: New Sudan Civil War Could Cost $100 Billion

   VOA News 25 November 2010

Photo: aegistrust.org

   A  new  [1]study  says  a return to civil war in Sudan would cost more
   than $100 billion over 10 years.
   British-based  non-governmental group Aegis Trust published a [2]study
   Thursday  that  assesses  the  cost  of  a resumption of war following
   January's planned referendum on southern independence.
   Analysts  say  the cost to Sudan itself would amount to $50 billion in
   lost  gross  domestic  product  and  $25  billion  for the neighboring
   countries.
   Researchers  say  the international community would pay $30 billion in
   peacekeeping and humanitarian efforts.
   The referendum is set for January 9, with key issues still unresolved,
   including  border  demarcation and the future of an oil-rich region in
   case of secession.
   The  economic  analysis  for  the  Aegis report was carried out by the
   European  consulting  firm  Frontier  Economics, with support from the
   Institute  for  Security  Studies  in South Africa and the Society for
   International Development in Kenya.

   Some information for this report was provided by AFP.

References

   1. http://www.aegistrust.org/images/reports_briefings_2010/The_cost_of_future_conflict_in_Sudan.pdf
   2. http://www.aegistrust.org/images/reports_briefings_2010/The_cost_of_future_conflict_in_Sudan.pdf

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