The paper examines the relationship between conflict and entrepreneurial activity in Afghanistan, drawing upon a unique … poor. Conflict has persisted in vast swathes of the country for decades, so that Afghanistan may be more appropriately … described as an in-, rather than post-, conflict country. At the same time, qualitative (and anecdotal) evidence suggests that …

How does conflict affect tax revenue mobilization? This paper uses a newly updated dataset to explore longitudinal … trends of tax revenue mobilization prior to, during, and after conflict periods in a selection of conflict-affected states …. Offering detailed snapshots of tax experiences prior to, during, and after conflict, this paper provides an empirical …

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 …

on the enduring consequences of conflict and identify a critical area for policy intervention. …

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 …