Breaking the Conflict Trap: Civil War and Development Policy

By Paul Collier, L. Elliott, Håvard Hegre, Anke Hoeffler, Marta Reynal-Querol, Nicholas Sambanis. 2003

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Subfields: General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Sociology and Political Science

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War and Economic Performance (2005, background): “With the exception of Collier (1999), Collier et al. (2003), and Murdoch & Sandler (2002), who, however, deal exclusively with civil wars, there exists no previous work of this type in the literature.”
Development and security (2004, neutral): “Collier et al. (2003).”
Can War Foster Cooperation? (2016, neutral): “Many international development researchers and policymakers describe war as “development in reverse” (Collier et al. 2003), having persistent adverse effects on all factors relevant for development: physical, human, and social capital.”
Conflict and Deterrence Under Strategic Risk (2008, neutral): “Hence condition (7) guarantees that as λ goes to +∞, peace will be sustainable under strategic uncertainty.”
The Long Run Impact of Bombing Vietnam (2006, neutral): “Poverty rate estimates are from Minot et al. (2003), who use the Elbers et al (2003) local regression method.”
Challenging environments: Danger, resilience and the aid industry (2012, background): “In turn, the resulting scarcity exacerbates local conflict and further entrenches poverty (Collier et al., 2003; International Development Committee, 1999).”
When Globalization Discontent Turns Violent: Foreign Economic Liberalization and Internal War (2007, background): “In addition, there are negative economic spillovers from civil wars, such as regional arms races, hampered reputations for investors, and lower economic growth rates also in the neighboring states, factors that can in turn increase the risk of instability (Collier et al. 2003).”
The Trauma of Truth Telling: Effects of Witnessing in the Rwandan Gacaca Courts on Psychological Health (2010, background): “Considering that the risk of relapse into war in the immediate postconflict period is high (Collier et al. 2003), increased knowledge is needed to determine when, where, and how a society and its people have the capacity to bear the challenges of truth, justice, and reconciliation without breaking…”
Climate Shocks and Sino-nomadic Conflict (2011, background): “I. Introduction MILITARY conflict and war are sources of humansuffering (World Bank, 2003), and, by destroying human and physical capital, they have a negative impact on economic growth (Kiker & Cochrane, 1973).”
Economic consequences of terrorism in developed and developing countries: An overview (2008, background): “Just as capital may take flight from a country plagued by a civil war (see Collier et al., 2003), a sufficiently intense terrorist campaign may greatly reduce capital 2 inflows (Enders and Sandler, 1996).”