There is consensus among the various people concerned with the Darfur issue that development of the region is an absolute necessity. Even those who believe that ending the armed rebellion is the priority, agree that such an action is only a phase that should precede development of the region to bypass the conflict status in its different forms. The concept of development, however, raises a number of questions for which there is not an agreed upon set of answers. Some of the questions posed are:
1. What would be the type of development that would help to bypass the current crisis?
2. Is there a relationship between underdevelopment and the regional and political grievances?
3. Is Darfur less developed than the other northern regions?
These were the basic questions that were posed to the Darfur Peace Think Tank and to those who prepared papers for the workshop Development is the Key to Peace in Darfur. An attempt to answer these questions without a solid theoretical background and statistical figures would lead to unfounded conclusions, and would obscure the decision makers’ vision from grasping the root causes of the problem. It leads those who are concerned into the trenches of "we" and "you", which is a situation undeserving of the Sudanese people in the Third Millennium.
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