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Violent conflict exposure in Nigeria and economic welfare
Odozi, John Chiwuzulum; Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth - 2019
countries. In this paper we attempt to estimate the casual impact of conflict in Nigeria on welfare related outcomes. The 2009 … in the North Eastern and Central parts of Nigeria. However, bouts of violent conflict have existed in different … Nigeria using the three waves of the Nigerian General Household Survey (GHS) panel combined with The Armed Conflict Location …
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Conflicts and political intervention : evidence from the anti-open grazing laws in Nigeria
Hufschmidt, Patrick; Ume, Chukwuma Otum - 2023
This paper empirically investigates the effects of Anti-Open Grazing Laws (AOGLs) on herder-farmer conflicts in Nigeria … disaggregated microdata to analyze how AOGLs influence conflict incidence across regions of Nigeria. Our findings indicate limited …) auf Konflikte zwischen Hirten und Landwirten in Nigeria. Die Gesetze wurden als Reaktion auf eskalierende gewaltsame …
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The costs of organized violence : a review of the evidence
Skaperdas, Stergios - 2009
I critically review recent studies that estimate those costs of violence and conflict that can emerge among organized political groupings, from states, religious and ethnic organizations to guerillas and paramilitaries. The review includes studies that estimate direct and indirect costs due to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003861749
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This mine is mine! : how minerals fuel conflicts in Africa
Berman, Nicolas; Couttenier, Mathieu; Rohner, Dominic; … - 2015 - First version: July 2014, This version: June 16, 2015
We combine original geo-referenced data on mining extraction of 15 minerals with information on conflict events at spatial resolution of 0.5o x 0.5o for all Africa over 1997-2010. Exploiting exogenous variations in world prices, we find a positive impact of mining on conict at the local level....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011283825
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Tracking under-reported financial flows : China’s development finance and the aid-conflict nexus revisited
Strange, Austin M.; Parks, Bradley; Tierney, Michael J.; … - 2015
China’s provision of development finance to other countries is sizable but reliable information is scarce. We introduce a new open source methodology for collecting project-level development finance information and create a database of Chinese official finance to Africa from 2000 - 2011. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010526723
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Impact of post-conflict development interventions on maternal healthcare utilization
Badiuzzaman, Muhammad; Murshed, Syed Mansoob - 2016
We evaluate the effectiveness of a post-conflict development programme on maternal health-care utilization in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh. Our work varies from conventional impact evaluation studies because of the inclusion of two post-conflict psychosocial risks: the household's...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011489250
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Civil conflict : ended or never ending?
Gershenson, Dimitriy; Grossman, Herschel I. - 1999
In many historical cases victory by a challenger for political dominance over an initially dominant group has ended civil conflict. But, in other places victory by a challenger has provided only a temporary respite, a brief intermission before the resumption of civil conflict. This paper uses a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011504742
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Business in genocide : understanding and avoiding complicity
Stel, Nora; Naudé, Wim - 2016
Genocides and mass atrocities do not arise spontaneously, but tend to be meticulously sourced and managed. As such the concern in this paper is with the role of businesses in these processes, with a particular focus on the agency and decision making of entrepreneurs and managers. We critically...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011452640
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Peace, terrorism, or civil conflict? : understanding the decision of an opposition group
Jetter, Michael - 2016
When do opposition groups decide to mount a terrorism campaign and when do they enter an open civil conflict against the ruling government? This paper models an opposition group's choice between peace, terrorism, and open conflict. Terrorism emerges if executive constraints are intermediate and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011493846
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Recent patterns of post-conflict aid : did donors help sustain peace?
Nunnenkamp, Peter - 2016
Donor reactions to recent settlements of internal conflicts have been highly diverse, in terms of both overall aid and its sectoral composition. The allocation of post-conflict aid tends to be needs-based by favoring particularly poor countries. There is no conclusive evidence, however, that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011494703