Understanding Variations in Local Conflict: Evidence and Implications from Indonesia

Recent studies of large-scale "headline" conflicts have excluded consideration of local conflict, in large part due to the absence of representative data at low levels of geographic specification. This paper is a first attempt to correct for that by assessing the incidence, impacts, and pa...

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Main Authors:	Barron, Patrick, Kaiser, Kai, Pradhan, Menno
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	EN
Published:	2012
Subjects:	Conflict Conflict Resolution Alliances D740 Measurement and Analysis of Poverty I320 Economic Development: Human Resources Human Development Income Distribution Migration O150 Formal and Informal Sectors Shadow Economy Institutional Arrangements O170 Economic Development: Regional, Urban, and Rural Analyses Transportation O180 Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics: Regional Migration Regional Labor Markets Population Neighborhood Characteristics R230
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spelling	okr-10986-51282021-04-23T14:02:21Z Understanding Variations in Local Conflict: Evidence and Implications from Indonesia Barron, Patrick Kaiser, Kai Pradhan, Menno Conflict Conflict Resolution Alliances D740 Measurement and Analysis of Poverty I320 Economic Development: Human Resources Human Development Income Distribution Migration O150 Formal and Informal Sectors Shadow Economy Institutional Arrangements O170 Economic Development: Regional, Urban, and Rural Analyses Transportation O180 Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics: Regional Migration Regional Labor Markets Population Neighborhood Characteristics R230 Recent studies of large-scale "headline" conflicts have excluded consideration of local conflict, in large part due to the absence of representative data at low levels of geographic specification. This paper is a first attempt to correct for that by assessing the incidence, impacts, and patterns of local conflict in Indonesia. We employ a combination of qualitative fieldwork with an exploratory statistical analysis of the 2003 Village Potential Statistics collected by the Bureau of Statistics (Potensi Desa-PODES), which maps conflict across all of Indonesia's villages/neighborhoods. Violent conflict can be observed throughout the archipelago. The qualitative analysis shows that local conflicts vary in form and impacts across districts, and that local factors are key. The quantitative analysis, which excludes high conflict areas of Indonesia, confirms the importance of economic factors, with positive correlations between violent conflict and poverty, inequality, and variables measuring economic development. Clustering of ethnic groups and ill-defined property rights were also positively associated with violence. 2012-03-30T07:31:27Z 2012-03-30T07:31:27Z 2009 Journal Article World Development 0305750X http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5128 EN http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Journal Article Indonesia
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topic	Conflict Conflict Resolution Alliances D740 Measurement and Analysis of Poverty I320 Economic Development: Human Resources Human Development Income Distribution Migration O150 Formal and Informal Sectors Shadow Economy Institutional Arrangements O170 Economic Development: Regional, Urban, and Rural Analyses Transportation O180 Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics: Regional Migration Regional Labor Markets Population Neighborhood Characteristics R230
spellingShingle	Conflict Conflict Resolution Alliances D740 Measurement and Analysis of Poverty I320 Economic Development: Human Resources Human Development Income Distribution Migration O150 Formal and Informal Sectors Shadow Economy Institutional Arrangements O170 Economic Development: Regional, Urban, and Rural Analyses Transportation O180 Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics: Regional Migration Regional Labor Markets Population Neighborhood Characteristics R230 Barron, Patrick Kaiser, Kai Pradhan, Menno Understanding Variations in Local Conflict: Evidence and Implications from Indonesia
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description	Recent studies of large-scale "headline" conflicts have excluded consideration of local conflict, in large part due to the absence of representative data at low levels of geographic specification. This paper is a first attempt to correct for that by assessing the incidence, impacts, and patterns of local conflict in Indonesia. We employ a combination of qualitative fieldwork with an exploratory statistical analysis of the 2003 Village Potential Statistics collected by the Bureau of Statistics (Potensi Desa-PODES), which maps conflict across all of Indonesia's villages/neighborhoods. Violent conflict can be observed throughout the archipelago. The qualitative analysis shows that local conflicts vary in form and impacts across districts, and that local factors are key. The quantitative analysis, which excludes high conflict areas of Indonesia, confirms the importance of economic factors, with positive correlations between violent conflict and poverty, inequality, and variables measuring economic development. Clustering of ethnic groups and ill-defined property rights were also positively associated with violence.
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title	Understanding Variations in Local Conflict: Evidence and Implications from Indonesia
title_short	Understanding Variations in Local Conflict: Evidence and Implications from Indonesia
title_full	Understanding Variations in Local Conflict: Evidence and Implications from Indonesia
title_fullStr	Understanding Variations in Local Conflict: Evidence and Implications from Indonesia
title_full_unstemmed	Understanding Variations in Local Conflict: Evidence and Implications from Indonesia
title_sort	understanding variations in local conflict: evidence and implications from indonesia
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Understanding Variations in Local Conflict: Evidence and Implications from Indonesia

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