The Economic and Social Costs of Armed Conflict in El Salvador

This note puts figures behind the notion of poverty resulting from war. Using simulation models, the author estimates the economic and social costs of the El Salvadorian conflict. The calculations suggest that had conflict been avoided, income per...

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Main Author:	Lopez, Humberto
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	CIVIL WAR COUNTRY SPECIFIC CROSS COUNTRY DEMOCRACY DEPENDENT VARIABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC LITERATURE EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EXPLANATORY VARIABLES GDP GLOBAL ECONOMY GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES HEADCOUNT POVERTY HEALTH INDICATORS HEALTH SECTOR ILLITERACY INCOME INCOME LEVEL INCOME LEVELS INEQUALITY INFANT MORTALITY INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY INTERVENTION LABOR MARKETS LAND INEQUALITY MACROECONOMIC POLICIES MALNUTRITION MEAN INCOME NEGATIVE EFFECT NEGATIVE IMPACT PER CAPITA INCOME POLITICAL SYSTEM POVERTY HEADCOUNT POVERTY LEVELS POVERTY RATE POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION PRIMARY EDUCATION PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE REAL PER CAPITA INCOME SIGNIFICANT EFFECT SIGNIFICANT IMPACT SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL WELFARE TELEPHONE LINES TELEPHONES TERTIARY EDUCATION URBANIZATION VIOLENCE WELL BEING ARMED CONFLICTS POST-CONFLICT RECONSTRUCTION GUERILLA WARFARE PARAMILITARY GROUPS COUNTERINSURGENCY PEACE AGREEMENTS SOCIAL COSTS ECONOMIC LOSS PER CAPITA GNP POVERTY ANALYSIS WAR DAMAGE POVERTY ISSUES
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/01/2166836/economic-social-costs-armed-conflict-el-salvador http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11326

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Summary:	This note puts figures behind the notion of poverty resulting from war. Using simulation models, the author estimates the economic and social costs of the El Salvadorian conflict. The calculations suggest that had conflict been avoided, income per capita would have been almost the double of its actual value in 2002, the poverty rate lower by 15 percentage points, and Millenium Development Goals (MDG) indicators substantially better.

The Economic and Social Costs of Armed Conflict in El Salvador

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