prices reduce conflict over the 2002-2014 period in Afghanistan. There are two main mechanisms. First, household living …We provide evidence about the mechanisms linking resource-related income shocks to conflict. Combining temporal … contest effects if the degree of group competition over valuable resources is sufficiently small. Regressions using …

prices reduce conflict over the 2002-2014 period in Afghanistan. There are two main mechanisms. First, household living …We provide evidence about the mechanisms linking resource-related income shocks to conflict. Combining temporal … contest effects if the degree of group competition over valuable resources is sufficiently small. Regressions using …

, and reduce conflict. Using georeferenced data on the drug production network and Taliban versus pro-government control …We provide evidence on the mechanisms linking resource-related income shocks to conflict, focusing specifically on … illegal crops. We hypothesize that the degree of group competition over resources and the extent of law enforcement explain …

conflict. Droughts are a major driver of conflict in Africa, particularly between nomadic pastoralists and sedentary farmers … drought-induced conflict. One key mechanism is that insured pastoralists travel less far away from their ancestral homelands …, reducing conflicts over scarce resources in contested areas. This suggests that market-based solutions are a promising pathway …

conflict. Droughts are a major driver of conflict in Africa, particularly between nomadic pastoralists and sedentary farmers … drought-induced conflict. One key mechanism is that insured pastoralists travel less far away from their ancestral homelands …, reducing conflicts over scarce resources in contested areas. This suggests that market-based solutions are a promising pathway …

efficiency (e) can be defined as a quantitative ratio between the effects (E) and the resources or efforts (R) made to obtain … effect with minimum consumption: e = E / R max (maximizing the effects obtained per unit of allocated, consumed resources); e … effort and having three main sources: the optimal use of resources, rational use of labor and production management. …

This paper studies state failure and governance in two conflict-states in the Middle East: Iraq and Somalia. Iraq is … redistribution of resources, mainly oil. Somalia represents a stateless society or anarchy. The paper argues that in resource …

from 1 January, 2005. WIll this lead increase in resources deveoted to R and D by Indian companies for the development of … new drugs more suited to the needs of India and other developing countries? Can the innovation capabilities be utilized … for developing new drugs for neglected diseases? Can India contribte to lowering the cost of new drug development and make …

This paper argues that attempts at state-building in Afghanistan have led to institutions that are not robust. The … state institutions and organizations continue to be highly dependent on external resources and technical expertise, and lack …

characterise the role of natural resources in economic development. They certainly do not set a positive tone for a constructive …