Tag Archives: Conflict

Fetal Origins of Mental Health: Evidence from Africa

Posted on January 19, 2016 by James Fenske

Authors: Achyuta Adhvaryu, James Fenske, Namrata Kala and Anant Nyshadham Mental health disorders are estimated to make up 13% of the global disease burden (Collins et al., 2011). Poor countries experience the greatest losses, as the vast majority of mentally … Continue reading →

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Natural Resources and Conflict in Africa: Isolating Facts from Fiction

Posted on November 24, 2015 by Sambit Bhattacharyya

The Causality Question Evolutionary biologists have long argued that competition over scarce natural resources is one of the key drivers of violent conflict within and across species. The competition in Africa appears to be over the revenue generated from scarce … Continue reading →

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The Burundi crisis: Local Grievances, Ethnicity, and the Economy.

Posted on June 12, 2015 by Olivier Sterck

When president Nkurunziza announced his intention to run for a third term, serious unrest exploded in the streets of Bujumbura. In the last three weeks, violent clashes with the police have triggered fears of a new civil war and destabilisation … Continue reading →

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The Global Cost of Violence

Posted on September 18, 2014 by Anke Hoeffler

CNN interviewed Anke Hoeffler on the global cost of violence. The news feature was based on a new report by James Fearon and Anke Hoeffler that estimates the annual costs of violence at around $9.5 trillion, which is about 11 … Continue reading →

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From rebellion to electoral violence

Posted on August 8, 2014 by Andrea Colombo

Promoting democratisation and elections has been at the core of peace-building missions in post-conflict societies since the end of the Cold War. Recent examples are Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Iraq and Libya, just to name a few. Democratisation … Continue reading →

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Conflict Minerals, Consumers and Industry Lobbying

Posted on April 10, 2014 by Anke Hoeffler

For years a number of academics and advocacy groups have highlighted the role of minerals in civil wars. Minerals like tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold often provide rebel groups with a valuable source of finance. For example a number of … Continue reading →

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Does conflict affect political engagement in Africa?

Posted on May 7, 2013 by Anke Hoeffler

Last Tuesday, as part of CSAE’s weekly seminar series, James Fenske presented his new working paper on ‘War, Resilience and Political Engagement in Africa’ (co-authored with Achyuta Adhvaryu) in which they test whether early-life war exposure influences later-life political engagement … Continue reading →

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Economic shocks and conflict: where is the literature headed?

Posted on February 18, 2013 by James Fenske

I received news this weekend that the keynote speech for the upcoming CSAE conference will be on “Conflict, climate and economic development in Africa.” The speaker will be Berkley’s Ted Miguel. If you didn’t have a reason to attend the … Continue reading →

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Is ethnicity deep?

Posted on January 21, 2013 by James Fenske

I am teaching a short module in the M.Sc. In Economics for Development this term on “deep roots” of economic development. Enrico Spolaore and Romain Wacziarg provide an excellent summary of this literature here. One half of one of one … Continue reading →

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What comes after the Millennium Development Goals?

Posted on September 17, 2012 by Anke Hoeffler

In 2000 the United Nations adopted the Millennium Development Declaration, which committed their members to a new global partnership to tackle poverty and other development challenges. In 2005, under the leadership of Jeffrey Sachs, a number of time-bound targets were … Continue reading →

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