high in Afghanistan, and especially so in regions that suffered less from conflict. This paper aims to explain this puzzle …Despite record economic growth in the decade that followed the fall of the Taliban regime, poverty remained stubbornly … by combining a model of conflict intensity at the province level in 2007−14 with a model of consumption at the household …

Islamist groups in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and elsewhere have sought to remove females from public life. This paper uses … Pakistani Taliban's terror campaign in the north-western province of Khyber Pukhtoonkhwa aimed at removing girls from school … commonly been portrayed in the media. Finally, although the Taliban warned students to enrol in madrassas rather than secular …

This chapter introduces the author's selected papers on the economics of coercion and conflict. It defines coercion and … conflict and relates them. In conflict, adversaries make costly investments in the means of coercion. The application of … coercion does not remove choice but limits it to options that leave the victim worse off than before. Coercion and conflict are …

In this study, we look at the association between COVID-19 fatality rate and internal conflict, highlighting the … COVID-19 fatality rates are likely to be positively associated with internal conflict in countries with lower levels of … countries, the estimation results demonstrate that the positive effect of COVID-19 fatality rates on internal conflict may …

increase in many fragile and conflict-affected areas where half of the extreme poor are expected to reside by 2030. These areas … Poor program can lift households out of poverty in a fragile context: Afghanistan. In 80 villages in Balkh province, 1 …-push" interventions can dramatically reduce poverty in fragile and conflict-affected regions …