Although most aid projects are aimed at local development, most research on the aid-conflict nexus is based on the … country-year as unit of analysis. In contrast, this study examines the link between aid commitments and conflict intensity at … local aid allocations. The data shows that in general the spatial interdependence between aid and conflict is low, as aid is …

increase in many fragile and conflict-affected areas where half of the extreme poor are expected to reside by 2030. These areas …-push" interventions can dramatically reduce poverty in fragile and conflict-affected regions …

The Republic of Yemen has undergone a profound transformation following the escalation of conflict in March 2015. There … poor welfare outcomes contrasts with evidence from other conflict settings, and further contrasts with the rationale …

This paper analyzes the relationship between poverty and conflict in the macro and regional data, including a detailed … that conflict has on health and expectations. Based on this evidence, it develops a statistical framework to track the … cumulative long-term impact that armed conflict has on poverty, which the paper calls conflict debt. The data confirm that …

of violent armed conflict, which focuses almost exclusively on linking annual variation in climatic conditions to … averaging is used to test whether variables measuring changes in local climate contribute consistently in explaining conflict … temperature is robustly linked to violent armed conflict: moving from low to high temperature levels corresponds to a 31% increase …