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Conflict and development: Recent research advances and future agendas

Brück, Tilman; Justino, Patricia; Martin-Shields, … - 2017

We survey selected parts of the growing literature on the microeconomics of violent conflict, identifying where … review on the role of civilian agency in conflict; on wartime institutions; and on the private sector in conflict. Future … research requires new and better sources of data on conflict and conflict impacts, including from household surveys in conflict …

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Civic legacies of wartime governance

Justino, Patricia; Stojetz, Wolfgang - 2019

In conflict zones around the world, both state and non-state actors deliver governance at local levels. This paper … civil wars and exposes challenges and opportunities for bottom-up approaches to post-conflict state-building and local …

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An exploration of the association between fuel subsidies and fuel riots

McCulloch, Neil; Natalini, Davide; Hossain, Naomi; … - 2021

Between 2005 and 2018, 41 countries had at least one riot directly associated with popular demand for fuel. We make use of a new international dataset on fuel riots to explore the effects of fuel prices and price regimes on fuel riots. In line with prior expectations, we find that large domestic...

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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...

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The violent legacy of fascism: Neofascist political violence in Italy, 1969-88

Costalli, Stefano; Guariso, Daniele; Justino, Patricia; … - 2023

We still have limited knowledge about the long-term effects of fascism on European democracies. European countries experienced cycles of violence between the 1960s and 1980s. Can such violence be explained by legacies of mobilization during fascism? We study whether and how the Italian fascist...

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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...

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Measuring violent conflict in micro-level surveys : current practices and methodological challenges

Brück, Tilman; Justino, Patricia; Verwimp, Philip; … - 2016

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Riots and social capital in urban India

Aghajanian, Alia; Justino, Patricia; Tranchant, Jean-Pierre - 2020

This paper explores the relationship between household exposure to riots and social capital in urban India using a panel dataset collected by the authors in the state of Maharashtra. The analysis applies a random-effect model with lagged covariates to estimate the exogenous effect of riots on...

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Community organization and armed group behaviour: Evidence from Colombia

Gáfaro, Margarita; Ibáñez, Ana María; Justino, Patricia - 2022

This paper investigates how armed groups affect the organization of local communities during armed conflict in Colombia …

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On the political and social consequences of economic inequality: Civic engagement in Colombia

Justino, Patricia; Arjona, Ana; Cárdenas Campo, Juan Camilo - 2019

This paper investigates the impact of inequality on individual civic engagement at the community level, whether this impact persists over time, and what mechanisms may shape the relationship between inequality and civic engagement. The results show that inequality in Colombia is associated with...

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