Oil and Civil Conflict : Can Public Spending Have a Mitigation Effect?

In this paper, the conditions under which the spending patterns of oil resources may mitigate the risk of violent domestic conflict are studied. Some recent research suggests that more government spending either in general or specifically in welfar...

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Main Authors:	Singh, Raju Jan, Bodea, Cristina, Higashijima, Masaaki
Format:	Mining/Oil and Gas
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ADEQUATE EDUCATION ADULT LITERACY ARMED CONFLICT ARMED FORCE ARMED FORCES ARMS BASIC HUMAN NEEDS BATTLE CITIZEN CITIZENS CIVIL CONFLICT CIVIL CONFLICTS CIVIL LIBERTIES CIVIL PEACE CIVIL SERVICE CIVIL UNREST CIVIL WAR CIVIL WARS COERCION COLD WAR CONFLICT CONFLICT MANAGEMENT CONFLICT PREVENTION CONFLICT RESEARCH CONFLICT RESOLUTION CONFLICT RISK CONFLICT RISKS CONFLICTS COST OF REBELLION DEATHS DEMOCRACY DEMOCRACY SCORE DEPENDENCE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DISPUTES DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DURATION OF CONFLICT DURATION OF PEACE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT ENERGY CONSUMPTION ETHNIC DIVISIONS ETHNIC GROUP ETHNIC HETEROGENEITY ETHNIC POLITICS FERTILITY FIGHTING FOUNDATIONS GENOCIDE GOVERNMENT POWER HEALTH SECTOR HIGH RISK HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN CAPITAL FORMATION IMF INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME PER CAPITA INFANT INFANT MORTALITY INTERNAL CONFLICT INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION INTERNATIONAL SECURITY INTERNATIONAL STUDIES INTERNATIONAL WAR INTERPERSONAL SKILLS INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION JOURNAL OF CONFLICT RESOLUTION LACK OF DEMOCRACY LEVEL OF POVERTY LIMITED RESOURCES LINGUISTIC FRACTIONALIZATION LITERACY RATES LIVING STANDARDS MATERIAL RESOURCES MILITARIZATION MILITARY BUDGETS MILITARY EXPENDITURE MILITARY EXPENDITURES MILITARY FORCES MILITARY OPPOSITION MILITARY PERSONNEL MILITARY REGIMES MILITARY SPENDING NATIONAL DEFENSE NATIONALISM NATIONS NATURAL GAS NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCES OBSERVER OPPORTUNITY COST PEACE PEACE RESEARCH PENSIONS PERSONAL ENRICHMENT POLICE POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL CHANGE POLITICAL INSTABILITY POLITICAL LEADERSHIP POLITICAL OPPOSITION POLITICAL PARTICIPATION POLITICAL PROCESS POLITICAL RIGHTS POLITICAL STABILITY POLITICAL SUPPORT POLITICAL VIOLENCE POPULATION SIZE POPULOUS COUNTRIES POST-CONFLICT PUBLIC SERVICE PUBLIC SERVICES QUALITY OF LIFE REBEL REBEL GROUP REBEL GROUPS REBELLION REBELS RELIGIOUS FRACTIONALIZATION RESOURCE MOBILIZATION REVOLUTIONS RISK OF CONFLICT RURAL AREAS SAFETY NETS SANITATION SECONDARY EDUCATION SECURITY FORCES SERVICE DELIVERY SOCIAL COHESION SOCIAL EXPENDITURES SOCIAL MOBILITY SOCIAL POLICIES SOCIAL SECTORS SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL WELFARE STATE UNIVERSITY TERRORISM TOLERANCE UNEMPLOYMENT VICTIMS VIOLENT CONFLICT VIOLENT CONFLICTS VIOLENT MEANS WAR DURATION WAR ECONOMY WAR PROJECT WARFARE WORLD DEVELOPMENT YOUNG MALE YOUNG PEOPLE YOUNG SOLDIERS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/01/20153245/oil-civil-conflict-can-public-spending-mitigation-effect http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20101