Can rigorous impact evaluations improve humanitarian assistance?
Each year billions of US-dollars of humanitarian assistance are mobilised in response to man-made emergencies and…
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Violent conflict and inequality
This paper analyses the distributive impacts of internal violent conflicts, in contrast to previous literature which…
Money Changes Everything? Education and Regional Deprivation Revisited
It is very well established that conflict damages human capital accumulation of those exposed to violence. In this article, we hint at a much longer-term regional perspective. Areas that experience war in previous generations are the most deprived today and suffer poorer education performance than non-affected areas.
Measuring Violent Conflict in Micro-Level Surveys: Current Practices and Methodological Challenges
This paper reviews both current practices and common challenges of measuring the causes, functioning, and consequences…
From Pax Narcotica to Guerra Publica: Explaining Civilian Violence in Mexico’s Illicit Drug War
The end of the so-called pax narcótica and the escalation of violence in Mexico’s drug war…
A Micro-Level Perspective on the Dynamics of Conflict, Violence and Development
This volume presents an innovative new analytical framework for understanding the dynamics of violent conflict and its impact on people and communities living in contexts of violence.
In the Grip of Transition: Economic and Social Consequences of Restructuring in Russia and Ukraine
This book analyses the efficiency and equity of the economic restructuring in the two largest successor states of the Soviet Union, Russia and Ukraine.
The Economic Analysis of Terrorism
Whilst most books look at the political response to terror, this unique book takes an economic approach and includes contributions from Todd Sandler, Sanjay Jain, Andrew Chen, Valpy FitzGerald and Dennis Mueller.
Making Peace Work: The Challenges of Social and Economic Reconstruction
This book provides an insight into some of the principal issues that arise in post-conflict economic and social reconstruction, and offers examples of what works, and what does not.
