debate among NATO members, is of special relevance for the peaceful transition of other post-socialist countries, e …

linkages between conflict, food insecurity, and food price shocks in Afghanistan. Spatial mappings of the raw data reveal large … variations in levels of food insecurity and conflict across the country; surprisingly, food insecurity is not higher in conflict … conflict in the province where the household is located. We find robust evidence that households in provinces with higher …

Due to economic interconnectedness across regions, locally confined violent conflict may have welfare effects far … transportation network propagates the effects of violent conflict to distant locations. Combining granular geospatial information on … agricultural areas, roads, and itineraries, we show that conflict along transportation routes significantly increases food prices …

We decompose the relationship between food aid and conflict into the channels through which food aid can affect … conflict. We address questions of methodological choice and estimation techniques for empirical studies. Our review of the … empirical evidence on the effect of food aid on conflict shows that none of the previous studies proposes a compelling …

In this paper we estimate the causal effects of conflict on dietary energy supply in Côte d'Ivoire. To identify the … true impact of conflict, we use prewar and post-war household data bracketing the conflict period and the spatial variation … in the prevalence of conflict between the North and South regions. Our second identification strategy uses the specific …

By combining 2012 Living Standard Measurement Survey cross-sectional survey responses and georeferenced conflict data …, this study quantifies the effect of violent conflict on food security and dietary quality in Iraq. Specifically, it … fighting, instrumenting conflict intensity by the exogenous variation in distance between these sites and household place of …

The concept of bioeconomy has increasingly gained importance. The transition towards a bioeconomy is a new challenge … for the sustainable use of soils. In the development of transition strategies, the perspectives of actors need to be … functions are ful-filled by actors in the transition towards a bioeconomy. Actors relevant for soil policy have different …

how transition and integration interact in a potential unification process based on the World Bank Revised Minimum …

option to engage in conflict. Using a game theoretical framework, it is argued that an increase in the amount of natural … resources (in the informal sector where conflict for a common-pool rent materializes) reduces the incentives of entrepreneurial … increase in the amount of resources in the common pool induces intensified conflict among groups and less R&D investment …

flows in the period of massive and rapid labor reallocation, i.e. the economic transition from a centrally planned to a …