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Conflict and development : recent research advances and future agendas
Brück, Tilman; Justino, Patricia; Martin-Shields, … - 2017
review on the role of civilian agency in conflict; on wartime institutions; and on the private sector in conflict. Future …We survey selected parts of the growing literature on the microeconomics of violent conflict, identifying where … research requires new and better sources of data on conflict and conflict impacts, including from household surveys in conflict …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011777138
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Wartime governance and state-building trajectories in post-conflict societies
Justino, Patricia - 2022
To date, there is limited understanding about the consequences of wartime dynamics for post-war state-building processes. This paper explores one such dynamics-the forms of governance exercised by armed groups during wartime-and proposes a theoretical framework outlining how forms of wartime...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013191466
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Rethinking Asian Drama
Nayyar, Deepak - 2018
institutions and policies - to serve as a teaser. It concludes with some brief reflections on Asia’s future prospects over the next …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011938218
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Inequality and human development : the role of different parts of the income distribution
Castells-Quintana, David; Gradín, Carlos; Royuela, Vicente - 2022
several country-specific characteristics, including the quality of institutions. …
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Culture, institutions and policy
Persson, Torsten; Tabellini, Guido Enrico - 2020
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012300553
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Conflict, taxation, and development
D'Souza, Anna; Mampilly, Zachariah Cherian - 2024
The impact of conflict on taxation and development has long been debated. Most studies suggest that conflict will have … existing literature, we argue for an approach that recognizes conflict's nuanced effects on taxation. We show how violence can …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015076336
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Aid and fragile states
Hoeffler, Anke; Justino, Patricia - 2023
Aid is still an important feature of the development landscape. Fragile states, in particular, have the greatest development needs but due to their poor governance they are the least likely countries to use aid effectively to meet their development challenges. In this paper, we explore which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014314749
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A quest for institutional foundations towards inclusive development in Sub-Saharan Africa
Nissanke, Machiko - 2015
. Viewing institutional configurations as a system of multiple equilibria, the concepts of endogenous institutions and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010528654
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African institutions under colonial rule
Bolt, Jutta; Gardner, Leigh - 2019
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012210004
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Needs vs expediency : poverty reduction and social development in post-conflict countries
Addison, Tony; Gisselquist, Rachel M.; Niño-Zarazúa, … - 2015
Conflict depletes all forms of human and social capital, as well as supporting institutions. The scale of the human … should be the priorities for 'post-conflict' policy? Should it give, for example, higher priority to health or to livelihoods …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011316660