We decompose the relationship between food aid and conflict into the channels through which food aid can affect … conflict. We address questions of methodological choice and estimation techniques for empirical studies. Our review of the … empirical evidence on the effect of food aid on conflict shows that none of the previous studies proposes a compelling …

on 1,511 projects to 50 African countries. We use this database to extend previous research on aid and conflict, which … withdrawals of "traditional" aid no longer induce conflict in the presence of sufficient alternative funding from China. Our … better understand the link between aid and conflict. …

global attention. Parts of India, Sri Lanka, and Nepal have experienced long-running conflict. Conflicts result in death …, misery, social trauma, destruction of infrastructure, and have huge spillover effects. What is conflict? Where is it … concentrated? Is conflict a problem for development, or a failure of development? What should policy makers do? …

In the last decades the number of refugees from conflict regions in Africa increased dramatically. West Africa is the …