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Unpacking the Links between Conflict and Child Welfare: Evidence from a Foreign Insurgency
Violent conflicts have enduring effects on child welfare, but little is understood about the mechanisms underlying these effects. Using data from Cameroon collected from a […]
Foreign Interventions and Community Cohesion in Times of Conflict
This paper analyzes how foreign military interventions affect community cohesion in times of conflict. In an environment where formal institutions are unstable or lacking, the […]
Civil conflict, cash transfers, and child nutrition in Yemen
Jean-Francois Maystadt Olivier Ecker
The most dramatic outcomes of protracted civil conflict include increased malnutrition among children and the resulting consequences for lifelong health and prosperity. Little is known […]
Economic Conditions and the Rise of Anti-Democratic Extremism
This paper provides evidence that adverse economic conditions contributed to the rise of anti-democratic extremism in the United States. A state-level analysis shows that increases […]
Covid-19, State Capacity, and Political Violence by Nonstate Actors
Ore Koren Brittney Koehnlein
The COVID-19 pandemic has constrained the ability of states across the world to govern and control their territories. As the state reduces its activities, space […]
Public healthcare financing during counterinsurgency efforts: Evidence from Colombia
Samuel Lordemus Noemi Kreif and Rodrigo Moreno-Serra
How do government counterinsurgency efforts affect local public financing during civil conflicts? We investigate this question in the context of the protracted conflict in Colombia. […]
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