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Breaking the conflict trap: civil war and development policy

By:

COLLIER Paul

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Washington DC: World Bank, 2003Description: 221pISBN:

0821354817 (pbk.):

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Summary: 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.

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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.

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