HiCN Working Papers Series
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 […]
Local Warming and Violent Conflict in North and South Sudan
Margherita Calderone, Jean-Francois Maystadt, Liangzhi You
Weather shocks and natural disasters, it has been argued, represent a major threat to national and international security. Our paper contributes to the emerging micro-level […]
Winners and Losers Among a Refugee-Hosting Population
Jean-Francois Maystadt, Philip Verwimp,
Every year, thousands of refugees are forced to leave their countries of origin and are hosted by their neighboring countries. However, very little is known […]
Does inequality make us rebel? A revisited theoretical model applied to South Mexico
Since Collier and Hoeffler (1998, 2004), it has been supported that inequality, measured at national level, does not affect the risk of conflict. Such a […]