Refugee young people who are without their biological parents are often assumed to be among the most disempowered members of displaced populations. This paper interrogates […]
The Effect of Armed Conflict on Accumulation of Schooling: Results from Tajikistan
From 1992 to 1998 Tajikistan was embroiled in one of the most devastating civil conflicts in the Former Soviet Union region. To identify regional exposure […]
Civil War and Economic Sanctions: Analysis of Anthropometric Outcomes in Burundi
Tom Bundervoet, Philip Verwimp,
This paper investigates the impact of the latest civil war and the subsequent economic embargo in Burundi on the health status of the Burundese children. […]
Collapse or Order? Questioning State Collapse in Africa
In the aftermath of 9/11, the problem of state ‘collapse’ and ‘failure’ appears again on the agenda as an important question of global security. Meanwhile, […]
Long Term Consequences Of Early Childhood Malnutrition
John Hoddinott, Harold Alderman Bill Kinsey
This paper examines the impact of preschool malnutrition on subsequent human capital formation in rural Zimbabwe using a maternal fixed effects – instrumental variables (MFE-IV) […]
An Economic Profile of Peasant Perpetrators of Genocide: Micro-level Evidence from Rwanda
This paper presents the results of a research project in which we have traced 350 Rwandan households who were part of a rural household survey […]
Klaus Deininger, Ana María Ibáñez, Pablo Querubin
Civil wars and violence reverses economic development by imposing high economic and social costs (Collier et al, 2003). Countries at war confront a permanent loss […]
An Economic Analysis of Security Policies
This paper analyses public policy choices in the security economy from an economic perspective. It discusses the role of public goods for national and global […]
Redistribution, Inequality and Political Conflict
This paper analyses the relationship between redistributive policies and civil unrest. This relationship is modelled in a discrete two-period recursive model. Key theoretical assumptions and […]
The Welfare Effects of Farm Household Activity Choices in Post-War Mozambique
This paper analyses the effects of activity choices on farm household income and consumption in a war-affected developing country. The study uses household survey data […]
The Economic Consequences of Terror: A Brief Survey
Tilman Brück, Bengt-Arne Wickström
This brief survey reviews the economic consequences of terrorism. It is argued that the indirect effects of terrorism are likely to outweigh the direct effects. […]
Coping Strategies in Post-War Rural Mozambique
This paper analyses post-war coping strategies by farm households in developing countries. The analysis is based on a portfolio model of activity choices in war-affected […]
Investment in Land, Tenure Security and Area Farmed in Northern Mozambique
Abstract: The analysis of land investment and tenure security usually assumes land scarcity. However, some developing countries have communities with land abundance. This article therefore examines […]