Breaking the Conflict Trap : Civil War and Development Policy

Most wars are now civil wars. Even though international wars attract enormous global attention, they have become infrequent and brief. Civil wars usually attract less attention, but they have become increasingly common and typically go on for years...

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Main Authors:	Collier, Paul, Elliott, V. L., Hegre, Håvard, Hoeffler, Anke, Reynal-Querol, Marta, Sambanis, Nicholas
Format:	Publication
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank and Oxford University Press 2013
Subjects:	ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES ADULT MORTALITY AIDS PANDEMIC ARMAMENTS ARMED CONFLICT ARMED FORCES ARMS ARMS RACE ARMY ASYLUM ASYLUM SEEKERS ATROCITIES BABIES BAN BASIS FOR ACTION BOMBING BOUNDARIES CENTRE FOR RESEARCH ON THE EPIDEMIOLOGY CHILDBEARING CITIZENS CIVIL CONFLICT CIVIL DISORDER CIVIL RIGHTS CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL WAR CIVIL WARS CIVILIAN CASUALTIES CIVILIAN POPULATION COLD WAR COLONIALISM COMBAT CONFLICT PREVENTION CONFLICT RESOLUTION CONFLICTS CONTRACEPTIVE PREVALENCE COST OF WAR COUNTERINSURGENCY COUNTERPARTS COUNTRY OF ORIGIN CRIMINALITY DEATHS DECOLONIZATION DEFENCE DEMOBILIZATION DEMOCRACY DEPENDENCE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES DISABILITY DISARMAMENT DISASTER DISASTERS DISEASES DISPLACED PERSON DISPLACED PERSONS DISPUTES DISSEMINATION DRUG DRUGS EARTHQUAKES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC POLICIES ECONOMIC STATUS ENTREPRENEURS EPIDEMIC EX-COMBATANTS EXTERNAL DEBT FAMILY MEMBERS FAMILY SIZE FARMERS FATALITIES FIGHTING FLOODED FOOD PRODUCTION FORCED MIGRATION FORCED SEX GENOCIDE GLOBAL EFFORT GLOBAL POVERTY GOVERNMENT POLICIES GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM HEALTH CENTERS HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH PROBLEMS HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTHY LIFE HIV HIV INFECTION HOST COUNTRY HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HUMAN RIGHTS HURRICANES IMF IMPOSED PEACE INFANT INFANT MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY RATE INFANT MORTALITY RATES INFECTIOUS DISEASE INFECTIOUS DISEASES INSURANCE INTERCOURSE INTERNAL WARS INTERNATIONAL ACTION INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY INTERNATIONAL LEVEL INTERNATIONAL MEDIATION INTERNATIONAL POLICIES INTERNATIONAL POLICY INTERNATIONAL REFUGEES INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT INTERNATIONAL WAR LACK OF KNOWLEDGE LAND- MINE LANDMINE LANDMINES LARGE NUMBERS OF REFUGEES LARGE POPULATIONS LEGAL STATUS LIFE EXPECTANCY LIVE BIRTHS LIVING CONDITIONS LOCAL POPULATION LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES LOW-INCOME COUNTRY MALARIA MASS VIOLENCE MEASLES MENINGITIS MENTAL HEALTH MILITARIZATION MILITARY ACTIVITY MILITARY EXPENDITURE MILITARY EXPENDITURES MILITARY INTERVENTION MILITARY INTERVENTIONS MILITARY PERSONNEL MILITARY SPENDING MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MINESWEEPING MINORITY MORTALITY MORTALITY RATE NATIONAL LEVEL NATIONALISM NATIONS NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCES NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT NEGOTIATION NEIGHBORING STATES NONCOMBATANTS NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION NUMBER OF REFUGEES ORDNANCE PEACE PEACE RESEARCH PEACEKEEPING PEACEKEEPING FORCES POLICY RESEARCH POPULATION DEVELOPMENT POPULATION SUBGROUPS POSTCONFLICT SETTINGS PREGNANCY PREGNANCY RELATED CAUSES PREGNANT WOMEN PREMATURE DEATH PROSTITUTION PUBLIC HEALTH RAINFOREST RAPE RAPISTS REBEL REBEL ARMIES REBELS RECONSTRUCTION REFUGEE REFUGEE CAMPS REFUGEE POPULATIONS REFUGEES RELIGIOUS GROUPS REPATRIATION RESCUE RESPECT RETURNEES RIOTS RISK OF DEATH RISK REDUCTION RISKY BEHAVIOR ROADS RURAL AREAS SAFETY SANITATION SEXUAL RELATIONSHIPS SEXUALITY SEXUALITY ISSUES SEXUALLY ACTIVE SEXUALLY ACTIVE MEN SOCIAL CHANGE SOCIAL COHESION SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES SOCIAL CONTROLS SOCIAL POLICIES SOCIAL PROGRESS SOLDIERS SPILLOVER SUPERPOWER TERRORISM TRAUMA TREATY UNFPA URBAN AREAS USE OF RESOURCES VICTIMS VIOLENCE VIOLENT CONFLICT WARFARE WARS WARTIME WEAPONS WOMEN OF CHILDBEARING AGE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION YOUNG MEN
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topic	ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES ADULT MORTALITY AIDS PANDEMIC ARMAMENTS ARMED CONFLICT ARMED FORCES ARMS ARMS RACE ARMY ASYLUM ASYLUM SEEKERS ATROCITIES BABIES BAN BASIS FOR ACTION BOMBING BOUNDARIES CENTRE FOR RESEARCH ON THE EPIDEMIOLOGY CHILDBEARING CITIZENS CIVIL CONFLICT CIVIL DISORDER CIVIL RIGHTS CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL WAR CIVIL WARS CIVILIAN CASUALTIES CIVILIAN POPULATION COLD WAR COLONIALISM COMBAT CONFLICT PREVENTION CONFLICT RESOLUTION CONFLICTS CONTRACEPTIVE PREVALENCE COST OF WAR COUNTERINSURGENCY COUNTERPARTS COUNTRY OF ORIGIN CRIMINALITY DEATHS DECOLONIZATION DEFENCE DEMOBILIZATION DEMOCRACY DEPENDENCE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES DISABILITY DISARMAMENT DISASTER DISASTERS DISEASES DISPLACED PERSON DISPLACED PERSONS DISPUTES DISSEMINATION DRUG DRUGS EARTHQUAKES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC POLICIES ECONOMIC STATUS ENTREPRENEURS EPIDEMIC EX-COMBATANTS EXTERNAL DEBT FAMILY MEMBERS FAMILY SIZE FARMERS FATALITIES FIGHTING FLOODED FOOD PRODUCTION FORCED MIGRATION FORCED SEX GENOCIDE GLOBAL EFFORT GLOBAL POVERTY GOVERNMENT POLICIES GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM HEALTH CENTERS HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH PROBLEMS HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTHY LIFE HIV HIV INFECTION HOST COUNTRY HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HUMAN RIGHTS HURRICANES IMF IMPOSED PEACE INFANT INFANT MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY RATE INFANT MORTALITY RATES INFECTIOUS DISEASE INFECTIOUS DISEASES INSURANCE INTERCOURSE INTERNAL WARS INTERNATIONAL ACTION INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY INTERNATIONAL LEVEL INTERNATIONAL MEDIATION INTERNATIONAL POLICIES INTERNATIONAL POLICY INTERNATIONAL REFUGEES INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT INTERNATIONAL WAR LACK OF KNOWLEDGE LAND- MINE LANDMINE LANDMINES LARGE NUMBERS OF REFUGEES LARGE POPULATIONS LEGAL STATUS LIFE EXPECTANCY LIVE BIRTHS LIVING CONDITIONS LOCAL POPULATION LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES LOW-INCOME COUNTRY MALARIA MASS VIOLENCE MEASLES MENINGITIS MENTAL HEALTH MILITARIZATION MILITARY ACTIVITY MILITARY EXPENDITURE MILITARY EXPENDITURES MILITARY INTERVENTION MILITARY INTERVENTIONS MILITARY PERSONNEL MILITARY SPENDING MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MINESWEEPING MINORITY MORTALITY MORTALITY RATE NATIONAL LEVEL NATIONALISM NATIONS NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCES NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT NEGOTIATION NEIGHBORING STATES NONCOMBATANTS NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION NUMBER OF REFUGEES ORDNANCE PEACE PEACE RESEARCH PEACEKEEPING PEACEKEEPING FORCES POLICY RESEARCH POPULATION DEVELOPMENT POPULATION SUBGROUPS POSTCONFLICT SETTINGS PREGNANCY PREGNANCY RELATED CAUSES PREGNANT WOMEN PREMATURE DEATH PROSTITUTION PUBLIC HEALTH RAINFOREST RAPE RAPISTS REBEL REBEL ARMIES REBELS RECONSTRUCTION REFUGEE REFUGEE CAMPS REFUGEE POPULATIONS REFUGEES RELIGIOUS GROUPS REPATRIATION RESCUE RESPECT RETURNEES RIOTS RISK OF DEATH RISK REDUCTION RISKY BEHAVIOR ROADS RURAL AREAS SAFETY SANITATION SEXUAL RELATIONSHIPS SEXUALITY SEXUALITY ISSUES SEXUALLY ACTIVE SEXUALLY ACTIVE MEN SOCIAL CHANGE SOCIAL COHESION SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES SOCIAL CONTROLS SOCIAL POLICIES SOCIAL PROGRESS SOLDIERS SPILLOVER SUPERPOWER TERRORISM TRAUMA TREATY UNFPA URBAN AREAS USE OF RESOURCES VICTIMS VIOLENCE VIOLENT CONFLICT WARFARE WARS WARTIME WEAPONS WOMEN OF CHILDBEARING AGE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION YOUNG MEN
spellingShingle	ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES ADULT MORTALITY AIDS PANDEMIC ARMAMENTS ARMED CONFLICT ARMED FORCES ARMS ARMS RACE ARMY ASYLUM ASYLUM SEEKERS ATROCITIES BABIES BAN BASIS FOR ACTION BOMBING BOUNDARIES CENTRE FOR RESEARCH ON THE EPIDEMIOLOGY CHILDBEARING CITIZENS CIVIL CONFLICT CIVIL DISORDER CIVIL RIGHTS CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL WAR CIVIL WARS CIVILIAN CASUALTIES CIVILIAN POPULATION COLD WAR COLONIALISM COMBAT CONFLICT PREVENTION CONFLICT RESOLUTION CONFLICTS CONTRACEPTIVE PREVALENCE COST OF WAR COUNTERINSURGENCY COUNTERPARTS COUNTRY OF ORIGIN CRIMINALITY DEATHS DECOLONIZATION DEFENCE DEMOBILIZATION DEMOCRACY DEPENDENCE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES DISABILITY DISARMAMENT DISASTER DISASTERS DISEASES DISPLACED PERSON DISPLACED PERSONS DISPUTES DISSEMINATION DRUG DRUGS EARTHQUAKES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC POLICIES ECONOMIC STATUS ENTREPRENEURS EPIDEMIC EX-COMBATANTS EXTERNAL DEBT FAMILY MEMBERS FAMILY SIZE FARMERS FATALITIES FIGHTING FLOODED FOOD PRODUCTION FORCED MIGRATION FORCED SEX GENOCIDE GLOBAL EFFORT GLOBAL POVERTY GOVERNMENT POLICIES GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM HEALTH CENTERS HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH PROBLEMS HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTHY LIFE HIV HIV INFECTION HOST COUNTRY HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HUMAN RIGHTS HURRICANES IMF IMPOSED PEACE INFANT INFANT MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY RATE INFANT MORTALITY RATES INFECTIOUS DISEASE INFECTIOUS DISEASES INSURANCE INTERCOURSE INTERNAL WARS INTERNATIONAL ACTION INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY INTERNATIONAL LEVEL INTERNATIONAL MEDIATION INTERNATIONAL POLICIES INTERNATIONAL POLICY INTERNATIONAL REFUGEES INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT INTERNATIONAL WAR LACK OF KNOWLEDGE LAND- MINE LANDMINE LANDMINES LARGE NUMBERS OF REFUGEES LARGE POPULATIONS LEGAL STATUS LIFE EXPECTANCY LIVE BIRTHS LIVING CONDITIONS LOCAL POPULATION LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES LOW-INCOME COUNTRY MALARIA MASS VIOLENCE MEASLES MENINGITIS MENTAL HEALTH MILITARIZATION MILITARY ACTIVITY MILITARY EXPENDITURE MILITARY EXPENDITURES MILITARY INTERVENTION MILITARY INTERVENTIONS MILITARY PERSONNEL MILITARY SPENDING MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MINESWEEPING MINORITY MORTALITY MORTALITY RATE NATIONAL LEVEL NATIONALISM NATIONS NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCES NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT NEGOTIATION NEIGHBORING STATES NONCOMBATANTS NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION NUMBER OF REFUGEES ORDNANCE PEACE PEACE RESEARCH PEACEKEEPING PEACEKEEPING FORCES POLICY RESEARCH POPULATION DEVELOPMENT POPULATION SUBGROUPS POSTCONFLICT SETTINGS PREGNANCY PREGNANCY RELATED CAUSES PREGNANT WOMEN PREMATURE DEATH PROSTITUTION PUBLIC HEALTH RAINFOREST RAPE RAPISTS REBEL REBEL ARMIES REBELS RECONSTRUCTION REFUGEE REFUGEE CAMPS REFUGEE POPULATIONS REFUGEES RELIGIOUS GROUPS REPATRIATION RESCUE RESPECT RETURNEES RIOTS RISK OF DEATH RISK REDUCTION RISKY BEHAVIOR ROADS RURAL AREAS SAFETY SANITATION SEXUAL RELATIONSHIPS SEXUALITY SEXUALITY ISSUES SEXUALLY ACTIVE SEXUALLY ACTIVE MEN SOCIAL CHANGE SOCIAL COHESION SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES SOCIAL CONTROLS SOCIAL POLICIES SOCIAL PROGRESS SOLDIERS SPILLOVER SUPERPOWER TERRORISM TRAUMA TREATY UNFPA URBAN AREAS USE OF RESOURCES VICTIMS VIOLENCE VIOLENT CONFLICT WARFARE WARS WARTIME WEAPONS WOMEN OF CHILDBEARING AGE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION YOUNG MEN Collier, Paul Elliott, V. L. Hegre, Håvard Hoeffler, Anke Reynal-Querol, Marta Sambanis, Nicholas Breaking the Conflict Trap : Civil War and Development Policy
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description	Most wars are now civil wars. Even though international wars attract enormous global attention, they have become infrequent and brief. Civil wars usually attract less attention, but they have become increasingly common and typically go on for years. This report argues that civil war is now an important issue for development. War retards development, but conversely, development retards war. This double causation gives rise to virtuous and vicious circles. Where development succeeds, countries become progressively safer from violent conflict, making subsequent development easier. Where development fails, countries are at high risk of becoming caught in a conflict trap in which war wrecks the economy and increases the risk of further war. The global incidence of civil war is high because the international community has done little to avert it. Inertia is rooted in two beliefs: that we can safely 'let them fight it out among themselves' and that 'nothing can be done' because civil war is driven by ancestral ethnic and religious hatreds. The purpose of this report is to challenge these beliefs.
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author	Collier, Paul Elliott, V. L. Hegre, Håvard Hoeffler, Anke Reynal-Querol, Marta Sambanis, Nicholas
author_facet	Collier, Paul Elliott, V. L. Hegre, Håvard Hoeffler, Anke Reynal-Querol, Marta Sambanis, Nicholas
author_sort	Collier, Paul
title	Breaking the Conflict Trap : Civil War and Development Policy
title_short	Breaking the Conflict Trap : Civil War and Development Policy
title_full	Breaking the Conflict Trap : Civil War and Development Policy
title_fullStr	Breaking the Conflict Trap : Civil War and Development Policy
title_full_unstemmed	Breaking the Conflict Trap : Civil War and Development Policy
title_sort	breaking the conflict trap : civil war and development policy
publisher	Washington, DC: World Bank and Oxford University Press
publishDate	2013
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/01/12811034/breaking-conflict-trap-civil-war-development-policy http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13938
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spelling	okr-10986-139382021-04-23T14:03:10Z Breaking the Conflict Trap : Civil War and Development Policy Collier, Paul Elliott, V. L. Hegre, Håvard Hoeffler, Anke Reynal-Querol, Marta Sambanis, Nicholas ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES ADULT MORTALITY AIDS PANDEMIC ARMAMENTS ARMED CONFLICT ARMED FORCES ARMS ARMS RACE ARMY ASYLUM ASYLUM SEEKERS ATROCITIES BABIES BAN BASIS FOR ACTION BOMBING BOUNDARIES CENTRE FOR RESEARCH ON THE EPIDEMIOLOGY CHILDBEARING CITIZENS CIVIL CONFLICT CIVIL DISORDER CIVIL RIGHTS CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL WAR CIVIL WARS CIVILIAN CASUALTIES CIVILIAN POPULATION COLD WAR COLONIALISM COMBAT CONFLICT PREVENTION CONFLICT RESOLUTION CONFLICTS CONTRACEPTIVE PREVALENCE COST OF WAR COUNTERINSURGENCY COUNTERPARTS COUNTRY OF ORIGIN CRIMINALITY DEATHS DECOLONIZATION DEFENCE DEMOBILIZATION DEMOCRACY DEPENDENCE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES DISABILITY DISARMAMENT DISASTER DISASTERS DISEASES DISPLACED PERSON DISPLACED PERSONS DISPUTES DISSEMINATION DRUG DRUGS EARTHQUAKES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC POLICIES ECONOMIC STATUS ENTREPRENEURS EPIDEMIC EX-COMBATANTS EXTERNAL DEBT FAMILY MEMBERS FAMILY SIZE FARMERS FATALITIES FIGHTING FLOODED FOOD PRODUCTION FORCED MIGRATION FORCED SEX GENOCIDE GLOBAL EFFORT GLOBAL POVERTY GOVERNMENT POLICIES GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM HEALTH CENTERS HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH PROBLEMS HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTHY LIFE HIV HIV INFECTION HOST COUNTRY HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HUMAN RIGHTS HURRICANES IMF IMPOSED PEACE INFANT INFANT MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY RATE INFANT MORTALITY RATES INFECTIOUS DISEASE INFECTIOUS DISEASES INSURANCE INTERCOURSE INTERNAL WARS INTERNATIONAL ACTION INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY INTERNATIONAL LEVEL INTERNATIONAL MEDIATION INTERNATIONAL POLICIES INTERNATIONAL POLICY INTERNATIONAL REFUGEES INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT INTERNATIONAL WAR LACK OF KNOWLEDGE LAND- MINE LANDMINE LANDMINES LARGE NUMBERS OF REFUGEES LARGE POPULATIONS LEGAL STATUS LIFE EXPECTANCY LIVE BIRTHS LIVING CONDITIONS LOCAL POPULATION LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES LOW-INCOME COUNTRY MALARIA MASS VIOLENCE MEASLES MENINGITIS MENTAL HEALTH MILITARIZATION MILITARY ACTIVITY MILITARY EXPENDITURE MILITARY EXPENDITURES MILITARY INTERVENTION MILITARY INTERVENTIONS MILITARY PERSONNEL MILITARY SPENDING MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MINESWEEPING MINORITY MORTALITY MORTALITY RATE NATIONAL LEVEL NATIONALISM NATIONS NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCES NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT NEGOTIATION NEIGHBORING STATES NONCOMBATANTS NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION NUMBER OF REFUGEES ORDNANCE PEACE PEACE RESEARCH PEACEKEEPING PEACEKEEPING FORCES POLICY RESEARCH POPULATION DEVELOPMENT POPULATION SUBGROUPS POSTCONFLICT SETTINGS PREGNANCY PREGNANCY RELATED CAUSES PREGNANT WOMEN PREMATURE DEATH PROSTITUTION PUBLIC HEALTH RAINFOREST RAPE RAPISTS REBEL REBEL ARMIES REBELS RECONSTRUCTION REFUGEE REFUGEE CAMPS REFUGEE POPULATIONS REFUGEES RELIGIOUS GROUPS REPATRIATION RESCUE RESPECT RETURNEES RIOTS RISK OF DEATH RISK REDUCTION RISKY BEHAVIOR ROADS RURAL AREAS SAFETY SANITATION SEXUAL RELATIONSHIPS SEXUALITY SEXUALITY ISSUES SEXUALLY ACTIVE SEXUALLY ACTIVE MEN SOCIAL CHANGE SOCIAL COHESION SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES SOCIAL CONTROLS SOCIAL POLICIES SOCIAL PROGRESS SOLDIERS SPILLOVER SUPERPOWER TERRORISM TRAUMA TREATY UNFPA URBAN AREAS USE OF RESOURCES VICTIMS VIOLENCE VIOLENT CONFLICT WARFARE WARS WARTIME WEAPONS WOMEN OF CHILDBEARING AGE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION YOUNG MEN Most wars are now civil wars. Even though international wars attract enormous global attention, they have become infrequent and brief. Civil wars usually attract less attention, but they have become increasingly common and typically go on for years. This report argues that civil war is now an important issue for development. War retards development, but conversely, development retards war. This double causation gives rise to virtuous and vicious circles. Where development succeeds, countries become progressively safer from violent conflict, making subsequent development easier. Where development fails, countries are at high risk of becoming caught in a conflict trap in which war wrecks the economy and increases the risk of further war. The global incidence of civil war is high because the international community has done little to avert it. Inertia is rooted in two beliefs: that we can safely 'let them fight it out among themselves' and that 'nothing can be done' because civil war is driven by ancestral ethnic and religious hatreds. The purpose of this report is to challenge these beliefs. 2013-06-13T21:27:26Z 2013-06-13T21:27:26Z 2003 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/01/12811034/breaking-conflict-trap-civil-war-development-policy 0-8213-5481-7 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13938 English en_US A World Bank policy research report; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank and Oxford University Press Publications & Research :: Publication Publications & Research :: Publication

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