This paper proposes a new tool to assess sustainability and make the concept of sustainable development operational. It …

of an unbelievabld dimension broke out between Hindus and Muslims. This was not a conflict arising out of migration of … turn became a new source of conflict. There never is a set formula about the relationship between cultural diversity and … conflict. Diverse cultures merge into the mainstream partly to avoid conflicts as in the case of tribals whereas in the case of …

protocol or a conflict to appropriate the surplus. In the cooperative negotiations, disagreement corresponds to a pro rata … which conflict will be preferred to negotiated agreements (and vice versa), and we derive welfare implications. Finally, we …

Are natural resources a source of conflict or stability? Empirical studies demonstrate that rents from natural … source of conflict and the rentier state view which emphasizes the role of resource rents in promoting peace and stability … activate more interest groups in a power struggle. We demonstrate that the associated increased cost of conflict may in fact …

than ten-fold) drop in the rate of interstate wars since 1960 is paralleled by an unprecedented growth in trade over the …

This paper investigates the link between development, economic growth, and the economic losses from natural disasters … development and slower than income at high levels of development. In that case, increasing risk-taking reinforces economic growth … disaster - to increase faster than economic growth; (iii) the average annual losses to grow faster than income at low levels of …