diverted to these very groups. We examine how U.S. military aid affects political violence in Colombia. We exploit the …

to go to war with each other, even after controlling for a wide set of measures of geographic distance and other factors …

Although most disputes between groups of people are settled peacefully, sometimes disputes result in war. This lecture … have to contend, and on the permanence of the outcome of a potential war. The lecture also contrasts the possibilities for …

advantage. We interpret the model in the context of fighting against insurgents in a civil war and derive two main empirical …

consequences of a major shift in the production of coca paste from Peru and Bolivia to Colombia, where most coca leaf is now … Colombia, provided an exogenous boost in the demand for Colombian coca leaf. Our analysis shows this shift generated economic …

instability in Colombia for the period 1850-1950, and their relationship to political, particularly electoral, institutions. We … civil war and conflict, a force intensified by the brutal conflict of the War of a Thousand days between 1899 and 1902. The …

While its recent history of civil war, chronic poverty and corrupt governance would cause many to dismiss Sierra Leone … examine how several factors--including the legacy of war, ethnic diversity, decentralization and community-driven development … (CDD)--have shaped local institutions and national political dynamics. The story that emerges is a nuanced one: war does …