TY - BOOK AU - COLLIER Paul TI - Breaking the conflict trap: civil war and development policy SN - 0821354817 (pbk.): PY - 2003/// CY - Washington DC PB - World Bank KW - CAUSES OF WAR KW - CIVIL WARS KW - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT N2 - 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 ER -