What explains why certain individuals participate in episodes of collective violence and others not? Differential selection into riots, communal violence, and ethnic massacres has often […]
The last few years have witnessed an important shift in international policy focus to a growing consensus that development and poverty reduction efforts cannot be […]
Micro-level dynamics of conflict, violence and development: A new analytical framework
Patricia Justino, Tilman Brück, Philip Verwimp,
Violent conflict is arguably one of the most important challenges facing the world today. The incidence of international and civil wars has decreased in recent […]
The Economic Consequences of Forced Displacement
Currently, nearly 44 million people around the world are forcibly displaced. This displacement is due to a number of factors, including weather shocks in New […]
This paper attempts to examine the broad theoretical and empirical literature on how poor households respond to shocks to their incomes and livelihoods brought upon […]
Nathan Fiala, Chris Blattman, Sebastián Martínez
Can cash transfers promote employment and reduce poverty in rural Africa? Will lower youth unemployment and poverty reduce the risk of social instability? We experimentally […]
Conflict is either caused by, or brings about, drastic changes in the underlying social relationships between members of a community involved in the conflict. The […]
Institutions, Mobilization and Rebellion in Post-Colonial Societies
Jean-Pierre Tranchant, Jean-Louis Arcand
We revisit the simultaneous equations model of rebellion, mobilization, grievances and repression proposed by Gurr and Moore (1997). Our main contribution is to clarify and […]
Violent conflict affects the lives, livelihoods and health of almost 1.5 billion people in the world (World Bank 2011). The number of armed conflicts has […]
Quantifying the Impact of Women’s Participation in Post-Conflict Economic Recovery
Patricia Justino, Cathérine Müller, Ivan Cardona Rebecca Mitchell
Recent research has started to shed light on some of the complex mechanisms associated with the outbreak of conflict, including the emergence of violent collective […]
The labour market impact of mobility restrictions: Evidence from the West Bank
Massimiliano Calì, Sami Miaari,
Using data on Israeli closure in the Palestinian West Bank, we provide new evidence on the labour market effects of conflict-induced restrictions to mobility. We […]
Violent Conflict and Gender Inequality: An Overview
Philip Verwimp, Mayra Buvinic Monica Das Gupta Ursula Casabonne
Violent conflict, a pervasive feature of the recent global landscape, has lasting impacts on human capital, and these impacts are seldom gender neutral. Death and […]
Chris Blattman, Alexandra Hartman Robert Blair
How to promote local order and property rights under weak rule of law? States commonly use education campaigns to influence citizen behavior and, ultimately, change […]
Naxalite Insurgency and the Economic Benefits of a Unique Robust Security Response
Saurabh Singhal, Rahul Nilakantan
Using the synthetic control method of analysis, we provide the first measurements of the direct economic benefits of a unique robust security response to an […]
Households amidst urban riots: The economic consequences of civil violence in India
Jaideep Gupte, Patricia Justino, Jean-Pierre Tranchant,
The objective of this paper is to uncover the determinants of riot victimization in India. The analysis is based on a unique survey collected by […]
Shared Societies and Armed Conflicts: Costs, Inequality and the Benefits of Peace
This chapter examines how the relationship between economic exclusion, inequality, conflict and violence shape the goal of establishing shared societies. The chapter discusses how this […]
Warfare, Political Identities, and Displacement in Spain and Colombia
This paper explores the causes of displacement during civil wars. Recent scholarship has shown that conventional civil wars – those in which forces are relatively balanced – and irregular […]
Returning Home after Civil War: Food security, nutrition and poverty among Burundese households
Philip Verwimp, Juan Carlos Muñoz-Mora
Civil wars often force people to leave their homes. Displaced populations run higher risk in terms of disease, hunger and death, something that is well-documented. […]
For the first time in close to 100 years, India reports higher population growth in its urbanised areas than across its vast rural landscape. However, […]
Living Within Conflicts: Risk of Violence and Livelihood Portfolios
This paper provides a comprehensive view of household responses to insecurity by examining chances along the extensive and intensive margins of livelihoods during a conflict. […]