Governance and Civil War Onset
Supports the view that low-income countries have a greater risk of violent conflict due to poor governance and weak institutions. Some have argued for a direct causal effect via a country's labor market, but a major obstacle to assessing these arguments has been the lack of direct measures of t...
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okr-10986-91232021-04-23T14:02:44Z Governance and Civil War Onset Fearon, James D. World Development Report 2011 Governance Civil War Civil conflict Human rights Conflict trends Supports the view that low-income countries have a greater risk of violent conflict due to poor governance and weak institutions. Some have argued for a direct causal effect via a country's labor market, but a major obstacle to assessing these arguments has been the lack of direct measures of the quality of a country's governance or institutions. Based on various World Bank indexes and indicators, it is possible to assess the impact of the income level on conflict likelihood. Remarkably, given that governance indicators change little over time, even within countries, improvements in governance tend to reduce subsequent conflict risk. Overall, aid in conflict-affected countries needs to do more than try to raise incomes through project lending. If capable government is indeed the root of the problem of conflict and development more than a 'poverty trap,' for example, then a more integrated approach that draws from the peacebuilding and state building experience of UN and other peacekeeping operations may be necessary. 2012-06-26T15:38:53Z 2012-06-26T15:38:53Z 2011-08-31 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9123 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Africa Europe and Central Asia Middle East and North Africa Latin America & Caribbean South Asia |
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Supports the view that low-income countries have a greater risk of violent conflict due to poor governance and weak institutions. Some have argued for a direct causal effect via a country's labor market, but a major obstacle to assessing these arguments has been the lack of direct measures of the quality of a country's governance or institutions. Based on various World Bank indexes and indicators, it is possible to assess the impact of the income level on conflict likelihood. Remarkably, given that governance indicators change little over time, even within countries, improvements in governance tend to reduce subsequent conflict risk. Overall, aid in conflict-affected countries needs to do more than try to raise incomes through project lending. If capable government is indeed the root of the problem of conflict and development more than a 'poverty trap,' for example, then a more integrated approach that draws from the peacebuilding and state building experience of UN and other peacekeeping operations may be necessary. |
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Fearon, James D. |
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