This paper analyses the fiscal effects of armed conflict and terrorism on low- and middle-income countries. An analysis … of 22 conflict episodes shows that armed conflict is associated with lower growth and higher inflation and has adverse … estimates are consistent with the hypothesis that conflict and terrorism have a significant negative impact on growth through …

concomitance between so-called 'natural' hazard/disaster and conflict situations. Over 150 natural disasters have occurred … alongside complex political crises in the past seven years alone. Yet, the fields of conflict and disaster research remain … conflict and disaster. We exploit a large panel dataset that includes official development aid, and information about the …

Studies that examine the impact of food prices on conflict usually assume that (all) changes in international food … commodity prices, we show that this assumption could seriously distort estimations of the impact on conflict in African regions …. Specifically, we show that increases in food prices that are caused by harvest shocks outside Africa raise conflict significantly …