of peace and the economics of development has been a major reason why countries relapse into conflict. This paper briefly … consolidate peace and avoid that Liberia relapses into conflict. …

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 …

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 …

polarization, a key mechanism theorized as increasing the chances of violent conflict, remains less understood. We argue that …

How does conflict, displacement, and return shape trust, reconciliation, and community engagement? And what is the … legacies of armed conflict and the differences between those who stayed in their communities of origin during the conflict …

(IV) strategy and geographic conflict variation to estimate reduced-form effects. I show that civil war leads to affected … economic geography model. The model sheds light on different mechanisms through which conflict affects aggregate income …

Armed conflict can shape reproductive behaviour as high child mortality and a lack of health services lead to higher … investigate whether the deployment of United Nations peacekeepers affects fertility in post-conflict settings. We study the case …

, with their effectiveness in curbing hostilities being greater in areas where conflict is active closer in time to the …