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Schooling, Violent Conflict, and Gender in Burundi

Verwimp, Philip - 2017

This paper investigates the effect of exposure to violent conflict on human capital accumulation in Burundi. It …

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Road Improvement and Deforestation in the Congo Basin Countries

Damania, Richard - 2017

Road construction has often been viewed as the precursor to deforestation, especially in tropical forests. Traditional responses to such threats have been reactive, with attempts to mitigate impacts through physical measures, or the establishment of protected areas. These approaches often have...

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Fiscal Sustainability in Burundi : Baseline Projections, Stochastic Simulations, and Policy Scenarios

Kida, Mizuho - 2017

This paper analyzes Burundi's medium-term fiscal sustainability in the light of the country's vulnerability to various … sustainability. Drawing initially on the standard inter-temporal sustainability framework, the baseline analysis shows that Burundi …

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Effect of Armed Conflict on Intimate Partner Violence : Evidence from the Boko Haram Insurgency in Nigeria

Ekhator-Mobayode, Uche Eseosa - 2020

Intimate partner violence is the most common form of violence against women in conflict and non-conflict settings, but in conflict settings it often receives less attention than other forms of gender-based violence, such as conflict-related sexual violence. Using data from the 2008 and 2013...

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Stationary Bandits, State Capacity, and the Malthusian Transition : The Lasting Impact of the Taiping Rebellion

Xu, Lixin Colin - 2018

The Taiping Rebellion (1851-1864) in China was the deadliest civil war in history. This paper provides evidence that this cataclysmic event significantly shaped the Malthusian transition and long-term development that followed, especially in areas where the experiences that stemmed from the...

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Polarization, Foreign Military Intervention, and Civil Conflict

Abu-Bader, Suleiman - 2017

polarization is a robust predictor of civil war, but it also finds evidence that religious polarization is positively and …-neutral nature. Such external interventions exacerbate religious polarization, leading to high-intensity conflicts in the Middle East …, where civil conflicts are mostly about a public prize linked to ethnic polarization, in the Middle East and North Africa …

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Growth after War in Syria

Devadas, Sharmila - 2019

This paper addresses three questions: 1) what would have been the growth and income trajectory of Syria in the absence of war; 2) given the war, what explains the reduction in economic growth in terms physical capital, labor force, human capital, and productivity; and 3) what potential growth...

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Unfortunate Moms and Unfortunate Children : Impact of the Nepali Civil War on Women's Stature and Intergenerational Health

Phadera, Lokendra - 2019

This paper analyzes the long-term health impacts of Nepal's 1996-2006 civil conflict. It exploits the heterogeneity in conflict intensity across villages and birth cohorts to document long-term health and intergenerational impacts. The analysis finds that childhood exposure to conflict and, in...

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The Impact of Syrian Refugees on the Turkish Labor Market

Del Carpio, Ximena V. - 2017

Currently 2.5 million Syrians fleeing war have found refuge in Turkey, making it the largest refugee-hosting country worldwide. This paper combines newly available data on the distribution of Syrian refugees across Turkey and the Turkish Labour Force Survey to assess their labor market impact....

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Economic Effects of the Syrian War and the Spread of the Islamic State on the Levant

Ianchovichina, Elena - 2017

This paper uses a global computable general-equilibrium framework with new detail on six Levant countries -- the Arab Republic of Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, the Syrian Arab Republic, and Turkey -- to quantify the direct and indirect economic effects of the Syrian war and the advance of the...

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