Do, Quy-ToanIyer, Lakshmi2012-06-042012-06-042007-05https://hdl.handle.net/10986/7074The 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.CC BY 3.0 IGOARMED CONFLICTARMYARRESTCHANCES OF CONFLICTCIVIL CONFLICTCIVIL CONFLICTSCIVIL LIBERTIESCIVIL WARCIVIL WARSCOLLATERAL DAMAGECONFLICTSCOSTS OF CONFLICTDEMOCRACYDISCRIMINATIONDRUGSECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIESECONOMIC PROGRESSELECTIONSEQUAL RIGHTSEQUAL RIGHTS FOR WOMENEQUAL TREATMENTETHNIC CONFLICTSETHNIC DIVISIONSETHNIC GROUPETHNIC GROUPSETHNIC MINORITIESETHNIC POLARIZATIONFEMALE LITERACYFOREST COVERGENDER DIFFERENCESGOVERNMENT REPRESSIONHUMAN DEVELOPMENTHUMAN RIGHTSINCOMEINEQUALITYINFANTINFANT MORTALITYINFANT MORTALITY RATESINTENSITY OF CONFLICTJOURNAL OF CONFLICT RESOLUTIONLIFE EXPECTANCYLINGUISTIC FRACTIONALIZATIONLITERACY RATESLIVING STANDARDSLOCAL CONFLICTLOCAL GOVERNMENTSLOCAL POPULATIONMEASURE OF POLARIZATIONMEASUREMENT OF POLARIZATIONMEASURESMIGRATIONMILLION PEOPLENATURAL RESOURCENATURAL RESOURCESNUMBER OF DEATHSNUMBER OF PEOPLEOPPORTUNITY COSTPEACEPOLARIZATION MEASUREPOLICY RESEARCHPOLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPERPOLITICAL ACTIVISTSPOLITICAL CONFLICTPOLITICAL ECONOMYPOLITICAL INSTABILITYPOLITICAL PARTIESPOLITICAL UNRESTPOLITICAL VIOLENCEPOORPOOR PEOPLEPOORER PEOPLEPOPULATION CENSUSPOPULATION CENSUSESPOVERTYPOVERTY MEASURESPROGRESSREBEL FORCESREBEL MOVEMENTREBEL RECRUITMENTREMITTANCESROLE OF POVERTYRURAL AREASSOCIAL DIVERSITYSOCIAL FACTORSSOCIAL POLARIZATIONSOCIAL UNRESTSPILLOVERTERRORISTURBAN AREASURBANIZATIONVIOLENT CONFLICTWARFAREWARSWORKFORCEWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-4228