made the international atmosphere ripe for trade protectionism; and environmental degradation has made conflict over the …

of peace and the economics of development has been a major reason why countries relapse into conflict. This paper briefly … consolidate peace and avoid that Liberia relapses into conflict. -- international relations and international political economy … ; conflict ; natural …

Weak economic performance of most oil rich countries states that natural resources are more curse than blessing for … these countries. Resource curse theory examines the negative effects of rich natural resources on economic growth from an … examine the viability of Resource Curse theory for Iran, Russia and Norway to see whether natural resources are curse or …

We examine the factors behind Afghanistan's persistent underdevelopment. Drawing on various theories of development … functioning affects Afghanistan's development. To capture the functioning of development traps empirically, we use several … economic development. We show that Afghanistan is caught in multiple development traps with entwined functioning, creating …

roles of natural resources abundance and institutional quality indicators on the region's FD while underscoring the … that natural resources, growth trends, and inflationary levels significantly spur long-run regional FD thereby invalidating … produced detrimental impacts on FD levels. However, the interaction between institutional quality levels and natural resources …

growth has arguably been the fastest among post-conflict societies, driven by the credible restoration of peace and security …

growth has arguably been the fastest among post-conflict societies, driven by the credible restoration of peace and security …

dataset for terrorist events, and datasets of external and internal conflict. We explore these data with cross-sectional and … that associated with either external wars or internal conflict. As well, terrorism is associated with a redirection of …