contraction of economic activity in Yemen throughout the ongoing conflict that erupted in 2015. Using estimated nightlights … growth for Yemen. I show that real GDP contracted by a cumulative 24 percent over 2015-17 against 50 percent according to … official figures. I also find that the impact of the conflict has been geographically uneven with economic activity contracting …

We provide new evidence about the mechanisms linking resource-related income shocks to conflict. To do so, we combine … of opium profitability on conflict in Afghanistan. District level results indicate a conflict-reducing effect over the …