Post-Cold War civil conflict and the role of history and religion: A stochastic search variable selection approach

New wave of internal armed conflicts in developing countries: Does inequality of opportunity matter?

“…Our results corroborate those of Aiyar and Ebeke (2020), Yiew et al (2016) and Rød and Weidmann (2023), who show the importance of access to basic goods essential to individual and collective fulfillment in the incentives for internal armed conflict. Our study also corroborates those of Nielsen et al (2011), Goldstone (2018), Crost and Felter (2020) and Jetter et al (2022), which demonstrate the role of natural resources, population growth, official development assistance, ethnic fragmentation and the labor market on the risk of internal armed conflict. Drawing on the work of Forsberg and Olsson (2021), who measure armed conflict by intensity as well as continuity given their dependence on a conflict situation, the robustness results are provided in Table 5.…”

“…Contrary to Nchofoung et al (2022), aid can be an instrument for combating internal armed conflict in developing countries—in particular, by facilitating the availability, access and quality of the basic goods and services needed for development, and contributing to the reduction of inequalities in opportunities. Drawing on the studies by Collier and Hoeffler (2007), Jetter et al (2022) and Rød and Weidmann (2023), and in line with robustness, we add the governance indicators in Table 6.…”

“…contributing to the reduction of inequalities in opportunities. Drawing on the studies by Collier and Hoeffler (2007), Jetter et al (2022) and Rød and Weidmann (2023), and in line with robustness, we add the governance indicators in Table 6.…”

“…This is the case in Cameroon and Niger, with respect for regional balance and the Beijing Declaration on the Advancement of Women in Asia; and policies aimed at reducing poverty in Guatemala, Nicaragua and Peru. However, despite the multiplicity of policies, we are seeing an increase in internal armed conflicts in developing countries (Batuo et al, 2022; Chauvin et al, 2015; Jetter et al, 2022).…”

New Wave of Internal Armed Conflict in Developing Countries: Does Inequality of Opportunity Matter?

“…Aiyar and Ebeke (2020),Yang et al (2021),Jetter et al (2022) andRod and Weidmann (2023), who show the importance of access to basic goods essential to individual and collective fulfillment in the incentives for internal armed conflict. Our study also corroborates those ofNielsen (2011),Goldstone (2018) andCrost and Felter (2020), which demonstrate the role of natural resources, population growth, official development assistance and ethnic fragmentation on the risk of internal armed conflict.…”