We study the impact of plausibly exogenous global food price shocks on local violence across the African continent. In … interpersonal theft and violence against commercial farmers and traders. Ignoring the distinction between producer and consumer …

many types of human conflict in the review, including both interpersonal conflict -- such as domestic violence, road rage …, assault, murder, and rape -- and intergroup conflict -- including riots, ethnic violence, land invasions, gang violence, civil …

-average temperatures and the incidence of civil war in Africa (Burke et al. 2009). These findings have recently been challenged by Buhaug …

We examine the long-run consequences of ethnic partitioning, a neglected aspect of the Scramble for Africa, and uncover … violence, that include both state-driven conflict and violence against civilians, we find that the incidence, severity and … duration of violence are higher in the historical homelands of partitioned groups. Third, we shed some light on the mechanisms …

Using a new dataset, we investigate the determinants of violence against women in Africa. We focus on cultural factors … determine social norms about gender roles, family structures and intrafamily violence which persist even when the initial … contemporary violence. Second, women's contemporary economic role affects violence in a complex way which is itself related to …

study in South Africa that combined discussion sessions on life skills and health on reduction in domestic violence and … in household authority, with the Burundi study showing statistical significance. In South Africa there was a large …, albeit short lived decrease in domestic violence. In Burundi there was small reduction but trends suggest a longer duration …

The conventional wisdom that Africa is not reducing poverty is wrong. Using the methodology of Pinkovskiy and Sala …-i-Martin (2009), we estimate income distributions, poverty rates, and inequality and welfare indices for African countries for the … period 1970-2006. We show that: (1) African poverty is falling and is falling rapidly; (2) if present trends continue, the …

Much of Africa has not yet gone through a "demographic transition" to reduced mortality and fertility rates. The fact … growth (with an accompanying state of chronic extreme poverty) has been attributed to many factors ranging from the status of … women, pro-natalist policies, poverty itself, and social institutions. There remains, however, a large degree of uncertainty …

The dismal growth performance of Africa is the worst economic tragedy of the XXth century. We document the evolution of … worsening of various income inequality indexes and we estimate poverty rates and headcounts. We then analyze some of the central … rates Africa would have enjoyed if these key determinants had taken OECD rather than African values. Expensive investment …

assumption. Our comprehensive assessment for sub-Saharan Africa reveals that undernourished women and children are spread widely …