experience situations of fragility, conflict, and violence. The government may have its own views on how and when to tackle the …The report discusses how challenging it is for the World Bank Group to provide assistance when middle-income countries … long-term development challenges, including early engagement and a sustained presence in conflict-affected areas, as well …

Political violence is a worldwide problem that has been on the rise over the past decade. The international dimension … substitute visible forms of unrest (riots) for more covert operations on soft targets (civilian-targeted violence). This pattern … international scrutiny would help safeguard public demonstrations of dissent and reduce violence against civilians. …

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 …