growth and economic development in post-colonial Africa. The paper investigates the paradox of increased female enrollment in …

-Saharan Africa. The model emphasizes segmentation of production under complete specialization. It shows that the colonial production …

's economic marginalization in Sub-Saharan Africa from the pre-colonial period to the end of colonial rule. It is not that women … even in kinship structures in pre-colonial Africa, utilizing the concepts of "rights in persons" and "wealth in people …." Reviewing the processes of production and reproduction, it explains why most slaves in pre-colonial Africa were women and …

and Eastern provinces that faced the brunt of the decades-long conflict remain disproportionately poor. To understand the …

This paper studies the performance of alternative prediction models for conflict. The analysis contrasts the … correlates of conflict to minimize the prediction loss function, and (2) an algorithm that chooses a set of thresholds for the … same variables, together with the number of breaches of thresholds that constitute a prediction of conflict, that minimize …

of violent conflict at the micro-level. The authors review existing conflict -- and violence-related survey … challenges associated with empirical work in conflict-affected areas?such as operationalizing a definition of conflict, using the … ethically sound manner?and propose ways to improve the usefulness of existing surveys to analyze conflict processes at the micro …

an empirical mapping of local conflict and justice and pointers to possible policy reforms. It suggests a number of …

One-fifth of the world's population lives in countries affected by fragility, violence and conflict, impeding long …