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Conflict, Food Price Shocks, and Food Insecurity: The experience of Afghan households
D'Souza, Anna; Jolliffe, Dean - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010916629
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Socio-psychological barriers to peace making: An empirical examination within the Israeli Jewish Society
Halperin, Eran; Bar-Tal, Daniel - In: Journal of Peace Research 48 (2011) 5, pp. 637-651
Socio-psychological barriers play a major role in the continuation of intractable conflicts. They are responsible for … depicts the functioning of the socio-psychological barriers to conflict resolution, an empirical study was conducted among a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009372052
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Barriers to indigenous enterprise development on communally owned land
Nikolakis, William - In: Global Business and Economics Review 12 (2010) 1/2, pp. 85-99
This research focuses on understanding barriers to indigenous enterprise development (IED) on inalienable and communal … opinion leaders on IED in the region. The barriers identified to IED in this context are: mistrust and conflict, socio … typically confirm those barriers to IED identified in the literature. However, this study illustrates that these barriers impact …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010669050
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The scientist and the church
Nitzan, Jonathan; Bichler, Shimshon - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005
The April 21, 2005 issue of the LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS carried a lead article titled ‘Blood for Oil?’ The paper is attributed to a group of writers and activists – Iain Boal, T.J. Clark, Joseph Matthews and Michael Watts – who identify themselves by the collective name ‘Retort.’ In...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005836969
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Envy in the process of development: Implications for Social Relations and Conflict.
Gershman, Boris - In: Economics of Peace and Security Journal 8 (2013) 2, pp. 13-19
This article examines envy as an important cultural link between inequality, institutions, development, and conflict …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011010566
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Business under Fire: Entrepreneurship and Violent Conflict in Developing Countries
Brück, Tilman T.; Naudé, Wim W.; Verwimp, Philip - Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, … - 2013
In this article, we provide an introduction to the Special Issue of the Journal of Conflict Resolution devoted to the impact of violent conflict on entrepreneurship in developing countries. First we note that there is insufficient attention in the literature on the impact of violent conflict on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011011587
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Military Spending, Growth, Development and Conflict
Dunne, J Paul - Department of Accounting, Economics and Finance, … - 2011
This paper makes a contribution to the debate on the economic effects of military spending using a large cross country panel data set for 1988-2006. As well as providing a relatively up to date analysis, sub groups are created that allow the analysis to focus on groups of countries at different...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008922941
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Review of <em>The Crisis Caravan: What’s Wrong with Humanitarian Aid?</em>
Beard, Virginia Parish - In: Poverty & Public Policy 3 (2011) 1, pp. 12-12
read for students, practitioners and scholars of international conflict, development and aid.</p> …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009224792
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The Long-Run Effects of the Scramble for Africa
Michalopoulos, Stelios; Papaioannou, Elias - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
We examine the long-run consequences of the scramble for Africa among European powers in the late 19th century and uncover the following empirical regularities. First, using information on the spatial distribution of African ethnicities before colonization, we show that borders were arbitrarily...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009371464
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Military Expenditure, Economic Growth and Heterogeneity
Dunne, John; Tian, Nan - Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit … - 2013
This paper examines the impact of military expenditure on economic growth on a large balanced panel, using an exogenous growth model and dynamic panel data methods for 106 countries over the period 1988-2010. A major focus of the paper is to consider the possibility group heterogeneity and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010690441