The Economic Impact of Violent Conflict

Brück, Tilman; Groot, Olaf J. de

doi:10.1080/10242694.2012.723153

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“…The costs of conflict and violence impact civilians and institutions at a variety of levels, but calculating specific numbers for losses and costs due to conflict is challenging (Brück and de Groot 2013). The Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) (2014,2017) produces an estimate of the overall global cost of violence that is often cited in the media.…”

Section: The Global Costs Of Conflictmentioning

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Conflict and development: recent research advances and future agendas

Brück¹,

Justino²,

Martin-Shields³

2017

WIDER Working Paper

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We survey selected parts of the growing literature on the microeconomics of violent conflict, identifying where academic research has started to establish stylized facts and where methodological and knowledge gaps remain. We focus our review on the role of civilian agency in conflict; on wartime institutions; and on the private sector in conflict. Future research requires new and better sources of data on conflict and conflict impacts, including from household surveys in conflict-affected areas. Impact evaluations can also be valuable sources of insights about how conflict impacts on people and how peacebuilding and reconstruction can be improved. We also see the need for much more detailed studies on the long-term impacts of conflict; on the linkages between agriculture, food security, and conflict; on the role of technology for peace; and on the micro-macro linkages of conflict, as well its macroeconomic costs. Finally, future research would benefit from linking analysis of large-scale violent conflict with other forms of violence, instability, fragility, and humanitarian crises.

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Section: The Global Costs Of Conflictmentioning

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Conflict and development: recent research advances and future agendas

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Justino²,

Martin-Shields³

2017

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“…The costs of violent conflict are large and varied (Brück & Groot, 2013; Collier, 1999). Olson (2000), among others, suggests that positive economic effects are possible if war changes policies or institutions.…”

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Violent conflict and institutional change^*

O’Reilly

2020

Econ of Transit and Inst Chang

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Violent conflict such as civil war may influence institutional quality by changing the political equilibrium or by changing preferences and norms. This study presents empirical evidence that in some cases civil war deteriorates institutional quality. By applying the synthetic control method to 25 cases of civil war between 1960 and 2010, I construct the counterfactual path of institutional quality in the absence of civil war. The effects of civil war are heterogeneous, but for a substantial minority of cases civil war appears to deteriorate institutional quality. These findings have implications for post‐civil war economic recovery as well as long run economic development.

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