Poverty, Social Divisions, and Conflict in Nepal

The authors conduct an econometric analysis of the economic and social factors which contributed to the spread of violent conflict in Nepal. They find that conflict intensity is significantly higher in places with greater poverty and lower levels o...

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Main Authors: Do, Quy-Toan, Iyer, Lakshmi
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/05/7581269/poverty-social-divisions-conflict-nepal
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spelling okr-10986-70742021-04-23T14:02:33Z Poverty, Social Divisions, and Conflict in Nepal Do, Quy-Toan Iyer, Lakshmi ARMED CONFLICT ARMY ARREST CHANCES OF CONFLICT CIVIL CONFLICT CIVIL CONFLICTS CIVIL LIBERTIES CIVIL WAR CIVIL WARS COLLATERAL DAMAGE CONFLICTS COSTS OF CONFLICT DEMOCRACY DISCRIMINATION DRUGS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES ECONOMIC PROGRESS ELECTIONS EQUAL RIGHTS EQUAL RIGHTS FOR WOMEN EQUAL TREATMENT ETHNIC CONFLICTS ETHNIC DIVISIONS ETHNIC GROUP ETHNIC GROUPS ETHNIC MINORITIES ETHNIC POLARIZATION FEMALE LITERACY FOREST COVER GENDER DIFFERENCES GOVERNMENT REPRESSION HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RIGHTS INCOME INEQUALITY INFANT INFANT MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY RATES INTENSITY OF CONFLICT JOURNAL OF CONFLICT RESOLUTION LIFE EXPECTANCY LINGUISTIC FRACTIONALIZATION LITERACY RATES LIVING STANDARDS LOCAL CONFLICT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LOCAL POPULATION MEASURE OF POLARIZATION MEASUREMENT OF POLARIZATION MEASURES MIGRATION MILLION PEOPLE NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCES NUMBER OF DEATHS NUMBER OF PEOPLE OPPORTUNITY COST PEACE POLARIZATION MEASURE POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL ACTIVISTS POLITICAL CONFLICT POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL INSTABILITY POLITICAL PARTIES POLITICAL UNREST POLITICAL VIOLENCE POOR POOR PEOPLE POORER PEOPLE POPULATION CENSUS POPULATION CENSUSES POVERTY POVERTY MEASURES PROGRESS REBEL FORCES REBEL MOVEMENT REBEL RECRUITMENT REMITTANCES ROLE OF POVERTY RURAL AREAS SOCIAL DIVERSITY SOCIAL FACTORS SOCIAL POLARIZATION SOCIAL UNREST SPILLOVER TERRORIST URBAN AREAS URBANIZATION VIOLENT CONFLICT WARFARE WARS WORKFORCE The authors conduct an econometric analysis of the economic and social factors which contributed to the spread of violent conflict in Nepal. They find that conflict intensity is significantly higher in places with greater poverty and lower levels of economic development. Violence is higher in locations that favor insurgents, such as mountains and forests. The authors find weaker evidence that caste divisions in society are correlated with the intensity of civil conflict, while linguistic diversity has little impact. 2012-06-04T21:49:05Z 2012-06-04T21:49:05Z 2007-05 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/05/7581269/poverty-social-divisions-conflict-nepal http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7074 English Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4228 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research South Asia Nepal
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topic ARMED CONFLICT
ARMY
ARREST
CHANCES OF CONFLICT
CIVIL CONFLICT
CIVIL CONFLICTS
CIVIL LIBERTIES
CIVIL WAR
CIVIL WARS
COLLATERAL DAMAGE
CONFLICTS
COSTS OF CONFLICT
DEMOCRACY
DISCRIMINATION
DRUGS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES
ECONOMIC PROGRESS
ELECTIONS
EQUAL RIGHTS
EQUAL RIGHTS FOR WOMEN
EQUAL TREATMENT
ETHNIC CONFLICTS
ETHNIC DIVISIONS
ETHNIC GROUP
ETHNIC GROUPS
ETHNIC MINORITIES
ETHNIC POLARIZATION
FEMALE LITERACY
FOREST COVER
GENDER DIFFERENCES
GOVERNMENT REPRESSION
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
HUMAN RIGHTS
INCOME
INEQUALITY
INFANT
INFANT MORTALITY
INFANT MORTALITY RATES
INTENSITY OF CONFLICT
JOURNAL OF CONFLICT RESOLUTION
LIFE EXPECTANCY
LINGUISTIC FRACTIONALIZATION
LITERACY RATES
LIVING STANDARDS
LOCAL CONFLICT
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
LOCAL POPULATION
MEASURE OF POLARIZATION
MEASUREMENT OF POLARIZATION
MEASURES
MIGRATION
MILLION PEOPLE
NATURAL RESOURCE
NATURAL RESOURCES
NUMBER OF DEATHS
NUMBER OF PEOPLE
OPPORTUNITY COST
PEACE
POLARIZATION MEASURE
POLICY RESEARCH
POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
POLITICAL ACTIVISTS
POLITICAL CONFLICT
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POLITICAL INSTABILITY
POLITICAL PARTIES
POLITICAL UNREST
POLITICAL VIOLENCE
POOR
POOR PEOPLE
POORER PEOPLE
POPULATION CENSUS
POPULATION CENSUSES
POVERTY
POVERTY MEASURES
PROGRESS
REBEL FORCES
REBEL MOVEMENT
REBEL RECRUITMENT
REMITTANCES
ROLE OF POVERTY
RURAL AREAS
SOCIAL DIVERSITY
SOCIAL FACTORS
SOCIAL POLARIZATION
SOCIAL UNREST
SPILLOVER
TERRORIST
URBAN AREAS
URBANIZATION
VIOLENT CONFLICT
WARFARE
WARS
WORKFORCE
spellingShingle ARMED CONFLICT
ARMY
ARREST
CHANCES OF CONFLICT
CIVIL CONFLICT
CIVIL CONFLICTS
CIVIL LIBERTIES
CIVIL WAR
CIVIL WARS
COLLATERAL DAMAGE
CONFLICTS
COSTS OF CONFLICT
DEMOCRACY
DISCRIMINATION
DRUGS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES
ECONOMIC PROGRESS
ELECTIONS
EQUAL RIGHTS
EQUAL RIGHTS FOR WOMEN
EQUAL TREATMENT
ETHNIC CONFLICTS
ETHNIC DIVISIONS
ETHNIC GROUP
ETHNIC GROUPS
ETHNIC MINORITIES
ETHNIC POLARIZATION
FEMALE LITERACY
FOREST COVER
GENDER DIFFERENCES
GOVERNMENT REPRESSION
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
HUMAN RIGHTS
INCOME
INEQUALITY
INFANT
INFANT MORTALITY
INFANT MORTALITY RATES
INTENSITY OF CONFLICT
JOURNAL OF CONFLICT RESOLUTION
LIFE EXPECTANCY
LINGUISTIC FRACTIONALIZATION
LITERACY RATES
LIVING STANDARDS
LOCAL CONFLICT
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
LOCAL POPULATION
MEASURE OF POLARIZATION
MEASUREMENT OF POLARIZATION
MEASURES
MIGRATION
MILLION PEOPLE
NATURAL RESOURCE
NATURAL RESOURCES
NUMBER OF DEATHS
NUMBER OF PEOPLE
OPPORTUNITY COST
PEACE
POLARIZATION MEASURE
POLICY RESEARCH
POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
POLITICAL ACTIVISTS
POLITICAL CONFLICT
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POLITICAL INSTABILITY
POLITICAL PARTIES
POLITICAL UNREST
POLITICAL VIOLENCE
POOR
POOR PEOPLE
POORER PEOPLE
POPULATION CENSUS
POPULATION CENSUSES
POVERTY
POVERTY MEASURES
PROGRESS
REBEL FORCES
REBEL MOVEMENT
REBEL RECRUITMENT
REMITTANCES
ROLE OF POVERTY
RURAL AREAS
SOCIAL DIVERSITY
SOCIAL FACTORS
SOCIAL POLARIZATION
SOCIAL UNREST
SPILLOVER
TERRORIST
URBAN AREAS
URBANIZATION
VIOLENT CONFLICT
WARFARE
WARS
WORKFORCE
Do, Quy-Toan
Iyer, Lakshmi
Poverty, Social Divisions, and Conflict in Nepal
geographic_facet South Asia
Nepal
relation Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4228
description The authors conduct an econometric analysis of the economic and social factors which contributed to the spread of violent conflict in Nepal. They find that conflict intensity is significantly higher in places with greater poverty and lower levels of economic development. Violence is higher in locations that favor insurgents, such as mountains and forests. The authors find weaker evidence that caste divisions in society are correlated with the intensity of civil conflict, while linguistic diversity has little impact.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Do, Quy-Toan
Iyer, Lakshmi
author_facet Do, Quy-Toan
Iyer, Lakshmi
author_sort Do, Quy-Toan
title Poverty, Social Divisions, and Conflict in Nepal
title_short Poverty, Social Divisions, and Conflict in Nepal
title_full Poverty, Social Divisions, and Conflict in Nepal
title_fullStr Poverty, Social Divisions, and Conflict in Nepal
title_full_unstemmed Poverty, Social Divisions, and Conflict in Nepal
title_sort poverty, social divisions, and conflict in nepal
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/05/7581269/poverty-social-divisions-conflict-nepal
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7074
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