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Conflict and Poverty

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dc.contributor.authorMueller, Hannes
dc.contributor.authorTechasunthornwat, Chanon
dc.date.accessioned2020-10-29T13:39:40Z
dc.date.available2020-10-29T13:39:40Z
dc.date.issued2020-10
dc.description.abstractThis paper analyzes the relationship between poverty and conflict in the macro and regional data, including a detailed case study of Uganda. The paper relies on a large and growing literature that provides evidence on the devastating impact that conflict has on health and expectations. Based on this evidence, it develops a statistical framework to track the cumulative long-term impact that armed conflict has on poverty, which the paper calls conflict debt. The data confirm that contemporaneous conflict leads to a conflict debt which is only recovered slowly. The empirical model is not only a good description of the cross-country aggregate poverty time-series data, but also regional cross-sectional data. A new aspect in the model is that armed conflict can prevent poverty reduction and, once it is over, allow for strong catch‐up effects as they exist in the data. But in the most conflict-ridden countries, repeated cycles of violence prevent poverty from recovering. According to the most conservative estimates, these countries and regions would have 5‐10 percentage points lower poverty rates without their conflict debt.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/519741603804458786/Conflict-and-Poverty
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-9455
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/34688
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 9455
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectCONFLICT-AFFECTED STATES
dc.subjectPOVERTY
dc.subjectHEALTH
dc.subjectDEBT
dc.subjectCYCLE OF VIOLENCE
dc.titleConflict and Povertyen
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.typeDocument de travailfr
dc.typeDocumento de trabajoes
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okr.crossref.titleConflict and Poverty
okr.date.disclosure2020-10-27
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/519741603804458786/Conflict-and-Poverty
okr.guid519741603804458786
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-9455
okr.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-9455
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum090224b087f1c22b_1_0
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum32518858
okr.identifier.reportWPS9455
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okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/519741603804458786/pdf/Conflict-and-Poverty.pdfen
okr.region.administrativeAfrica
okr.region.countryUganda
okr.statistics.combined9361
okr.statistics.dr519741603804458786
okr.statistics.drstats7016
okr.topicConflict and Development::Armed Conflict
okr.topicConflict and Development::Conflict and Fragile States
okr.topicConflict and Development::Post Conflict Reconstruction
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Inequality
okr.topicSocial Development::Crime and Society
okr.topicSocial Development::Social Conflict and Violence
okr.unitPoverty and Equity Global Practice
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