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Breaking the Conflict Trap Civil War and Development Policy

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ISBN-10: 0821354817

ISBN-13: 9780821354810

Edition: 2003

Authors: Paul Collier, Paul Collier

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Civil war conflict is a core development issue. The existence of civil war can dramatically slow a country's development process, especially in low-income countries which are more vulnerable to civil war conflict. Conversely, development can impede civil war. When development succeeds, countries become saferwhen development fails, they experience a greater risk of being caught in a conflict trap. Ultimately, civil war is a failure of development. Breaking the Conflict Trap identifies the dire consequences that civil war has on the development process and offers three main findings. First, civil war has adverse ripple effects that are often not taken into account by those who determine…    
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Book details

List price: $27.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/31/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 9.21" wide x 7.28" long x 0.31" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English

Foreword
The Report Team
Acronyms and Abbreviations
Overview
Let Them Fight It Out among Themselves?
What Can We Do about Ancestral Hatreds?
The Conflict Trap
The Rising Global Incidence of Conflict
Nothing Can Be Done
Cry Havoc: Why Civil War Matters
Civil War as Development in Reverse
Costs during Conflict
Legacy Effects of Civil War
Conclusion
Let Them Fight It Out among Themselves?
Neighborhood Effects of Civil War
Global Effects of Civil War
Conclusion
What Fuels Civil War?
What Makes a Country Prone to Civil War?
Understanding Rebellion
The Conflict Trap
Conclusion
Why Is Civil War So Common?
Changes in the Global Pattern of Civil War
Changes in the Incidence of Civil War
Unpacking the Global Incidence of Civil War
Conclusion: Poverty and the Conflict Trap
Policies for Peace
What Works Where?
Conflict Prevention in the Successful Developers
Marginalized Countries at Peace
Ending Conflicts
Reducing Postconflict Risks
Conclusion
An Agenda for International Action
Precedents for International Action
International Policies for Peace
Conclusion: A New Goal for 2015?
Methods and Data
Data Set and Model
Data Sources
A Selected Bibliography of Studies of Civil War and Rebellion
Economic Factors
Role of Ethnicity and Nationalism
Anatomy of Rebellion
Role of the State
Negotiation and Implementation of Peace
Bibliography
References
Boxes
Violent conflict and the transformation of social capital
Refugees and IDPs in Liberia and Sudan
Angola
Psychological trauma
Landmines: A bitter legacy for Cambodians
Regional arms races
Eritrea
Modeling the risk of civil war
Oil and demands for secession in Nigeria
Inefficient counterinsurgency measures in Indonesia
Financing the Chechen rebellion