Breaking the conflict trap: civil war and development policy

COLLIER Paul

Breaking the conflict trap: civil war and development policy - Washington DC: World Bank, 2003 - 221p.

This analysis of civil wars looks at causes and consequences, and sets out what can be done at the international level. Finds that civil war has a drastic negative effect on development and makes further outbreaks of internal strife more likely. By contrast economic development tends to make countries safer and war less likely.

0821354817 (pbk.): 24.00 US


CAUSES OF WAR
CIVIL WARS
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT