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 …

companies from sourcing 'conflict minerals' from the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, the policy has acted as a de … the regulated 'conflict mineral' deposits by at least 143 per cent. We find suggestive evidence that the legislation …

-building strategy after conflict. I show that two distinct modes of conflict termination-military victories and negotiated settlements … military victory, the coercive balance-of-power at the end of war favourable to the victor enables it to dictate the post-conflict … loyalists. Informal power becomes concentrated in the victorious party because its opponent is typically excluded from the post-conflict …

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

heterogeneous impact by the level of rebelocracy. Using a household panel in four conflict regions in Colombia, the estimation …

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 …