Guinea-Bissau endured a major conflict in 1998 and has suffered from persistent political instability since … others, about changes in well-being over time, trust in various institutions, sources of conflicts at the local level, and … result of the conflict, as well as a lack of improvement since then, at least for those in poverty who are highly vulnerable …

estimates that GDP per capita today could have been more than 40 percent higher if there had been no conflict in 1998. In turn …, one in three persons living in poverty today might not be poor had it not been for the conflict. …

findings in the areas of conflict, growth and poverty, institutions and social networks, the characteristics of the poor and …Conflict and political instability have considerably weakened Guinea-Bissau’s productive infrastructure during the past … for a book that provides a collection of papers on conflict, livelihoods, and poverty in Guinea-Bissau based on both a …