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Does higher resource inequality between ethnic groups lead to ethnic conflict? In this paper, we empirically investigate this question by constructing a new measure of inequality using rainfall on ethnic homelands during the plant-growing season. Our dataset covers the period 1982-2001 and...
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This book examines the role of economic violence (violations of economic and social rights, corruption, and plunder of … natural resources) within the transitional justice agenda. Because economic violence often leads to conflict, is perpetrated … an instrument of peacebuilding rather than a simple political transition, focus on economic violence as the crucial 'root …
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Using surveys and administrative data from post-war Liberia, the hypothesis that peacekeeping deployments build peace "from the bottom up" through contributions to local security and local economic and social vitality was tested. The hypothesis reflects official thinking about how peacekeeping...
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Using surveys and administrative data from post-war Liberia, the hypothesis that peacekeeping deployments build peace "from the bottom up" through contributions to local security and local economic and social vitality was tested. The hypothesis reflects official thinking about how peacekeeping...
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This paper provides an analysis of the impact of extraordinary climate shocks on the incidence of civil conflict using … cross-country panel data from Africa and the Middle East (1981 to 2015). We find that: (i) The estimated impact of climate … estimated impact of temperature growth 47%. (ii) We identified a direct impact of climate shocks on the incidence of civil …
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