Iyer, LakshmiGhani, Ejaz2012-08-132012-08-132010-09https://hdl.handle.net/10986/10157South Asia is the second most violent place on earth after Iraq. Conflicts in Afghanistan and Pakistan have attracted global attention. Parts of India, Sri Lanka, and Nepal have experienced long-running conflict. Conflicts result in death, misery, social trauma, destruction of infrastructure, and have huge spillover effects. What is conflict? Where is it concentrated? Is conflict a problem for development, or a failure of development? And what should policy makers do?CC BY 3.0 IGOAID AGENCIESARMED FORCESBACKWARD REGIONSBOMBINGSBOUNDARIESCIVIL WARCIVIL WARSCONFLICT MANAGEMENTCONFLICTSCOUNTERINSURGENCYDEATHSDIVERSIFICATIONECONOMIC COOPERATIONECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC POLICIESECONOMIC SHOCKSETHNIC CONFLICTETHNIC CONFLICTSFIGHTINGFRONTIERGLOBAL MARKETSGLOBAL TRADEHOUSEHOLD WELFAREIBRDINCOMEINSURGENTINSURGENTSLAGGING REGIONLAGGING REGIONSLAND INVASIONSLANDLOCKED REGIONSMILITARY OPERATIONSMILITIASNATIONAL POVERTYNATIONAL POVERTY LINESNEGOTIATIONSPEACEPEACE AGREEMENTSPEACE RESEARCHPOLICEPOLITICAL ECONOMYPOORPOOR AREASPOOR COUNTRIESPOOR REGIONSPOORER AREASPOORER REGIONSPOVERTY INCIDENCEPOVERTY LEVELSPOVERTY LINEPOVERTY RATEPOVERTY RATESPOVERTY REDUCTIONREBELSREFUGEEREGIONAL COOPERATIONREGIONAL COOPERATION INITIATIVESREINTEGRATION OF REFUGEESREVOLUTIONSSAFETY NETSAFETY NET PROGRAMSTERRORISMTRADE POLICYTRAPVICTIMSVIOLENCEVIOLENT CONFLICTWARWARSWELFARE PROGRAMSWorld Bank10.1596/10157