The article discusses some of the economic effects of war in northern Mozambique. It indicates how the historical and … structural features of the economy of northern Mozambique restricted post-war reconstruction and post-war poverty alleviation … communication infrastructure, and weak political and state institutions. The specific nature of the internal war further weakened …

variables. This study draws on conflict variables from the Correlates of War (COW) project to ask a critical question: How do … different types of conflict affect country growth rates? It finds that wars slow the economy. Estimates indicate that civil war …-democracies, low income countries, and countries in Africa. -- Economic growth ; war ; conflict …

We jointly analyze the genesis of terrorism and civil war, providing a simple conceptual framework to explain why … violent opposition groups choose distinct forms of violence (i.e., terrorism and open rebellion). We argue that the distinct … that the socio-economic strength and stability of a system is positively related to the likelihood of terrorism but …

Political violence is among the most serious threats facing democracies in the developing world. Using geo-coded data … on individual incidents of political violence in a close-election regression discontinuity design, this study aims to … estimate the causal effects of the local politician's partisanship on subsequent political violence in Pakistan, a country that …