of opium profitability on conflict in Afghanistan. District level results indicate a conflict-reducing effect over the … valuable resources. By using data on the drug production process, ethnic homelands, and Taliban versus pro-government influence …We provide new evidence about the mechanisms linking resource-related income shocks to conflict. To do so, we combine …

. Exploiting a unique data set, we show that Western hostile casualties, our proxy for conflict, have strong impact on subsequent …

. Exploiting a unique data set, we show that Western hostile casualties, our proxy for conflict, have strong impact on subsequent …

. Exploiting a unique data set, we show that Western hostile casualties, our proxy for conflict, have strong impact on subsequent …

"self-sufficiency" to ensure food security during the civil conflict in Cote d’Ivoire. The main motivation for seeking … self-sufficiency stems from the fact that during the period of heightened tension due to conflict, the north–south divide … supporting such claims. The baseline outcomes withstand a series of robustness checks. The net effect of conflict on crop …

counterproductive. Policy makers seeking to adopt similar strategies in Afghanistan should take the relocation into account in their …

conflict. Droughts are a major driver of conflict in Africa, particularly between nomadic pastoralists and sedentary farmers … drought-induced conflict. One key mechanism is that insured pastoralists travel less far away from their ancestral homelands …, reducing conflicts over scarce resources in contested areas. This suggests that market-based solutions are a promising pathway …

activity rely on formal sector data. Using high-frequency data from Afghanistan, this paper assesses how surges in conflict …Despite informality being the norm in conflict-affected countries, most estimates of the impact of conflict on economic … and the period of reference is 2012-2016. The results show that an increase in conflict-related casualties has a strong …

We study the impact of conflict on both the extensive and the intensive margin of child labor in Afghanistan. We … identify and test two main mechanisms. First, if conflict reduces a household income through a decline in parent … if the marginal benefits of working under conflict is greater than its marginal cost, which may depend on the relative …

activity rely on formal sector data. Using high-frequency data from Afghanistan, this paper assesses how surges in conflict …Despite informality being the norm in conflict-affected countries, most estimates of the impact of conflict on economic … foreign aid at the local level, which both influence local living standards in Afghanistan. The results show that an increase …