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Explaining Post-Conflict Reconstruction /

The international community donated nearly US$1 trillion during the last four decades to reconstruct post-conflict countries and prevent the outbreak of more civil war. Yet reconstruction has eluded many post-conflict countries, with 1.9 million people killed in reignited conflict. Where did the mon...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Girod, Desha M. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2015]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • ""Explaining Post-Conflict Reconstruction""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Prologue:Â AÂ Phoenix State""; ""1 Phoenix States after Civil War:Â The Problem and the Argument""; ""Post-Conflict Reconstruction is Crucial""; ""Can Foreign Aid Help?""; ""Phoenix States Challenge the Aid Curse""; ""The Need for a Testable Argument""; ""The Argument:Â Reconstruction Requires Incentives""; ""Scope of the Book""; ""Organization of the Book""; ""2 Reconstruction Against All Odds""
  • ""Power Consolidation Following Civil War""""The Crucial Role of Income""; ""Testable Implications""; ""Alternative Explanations""; ""Summary""; ""3 Statistical Analysis of Post-Conflict Reconstruction""; ""Testing the Nonstrategic-Desperation Hypothesis""; ""Preliminary Analysis""; ""Baseline Model""; ""Main Results""; ""Robustness""; ""Summary""; ""4 Statistical Analysis of Post-Conflict Coup Risk""; ""Testing the Low-Windfall Coup-Proofing Hypothesis""; ""Main Results""; ""Robustness""; ""Summary""; ""5 Similar Background, Different Windfall:Â Mozambique and Angola""
  • ""Civil War in Angola and Mozambique""""Windfall Income in Angola versus Mozambique""; ""Stonewalling versus Embracing Gatekeepers of Aid""; ""Nonstrategic Donor Response""; ""Differences in Who Pays for Post-Conflict Reconstruction""; ""Post-Conflict Reconstruction in Angola versus Mozambique""; ""Summary of Aid Effectiveness in Angola versus Mozambique""; ""Power Consolidation in Angola""; ""Power Consolidation in Mozambique""; ""Alternative Explanations""; ""Summary""; ""6 Same Country, Change in Windfall:Â Uganda""; ""Brief Background:Â Civil War in Uganda""; ""Low Windfall""
  • ""Satisfying Gatekeepers of Nonstrategic Aid""""Nonstrategic Aid Increased""; ""Post-Conflict Reconstruction""; ""Power Consolidation""; ""Striking it Rich:Â Newfound Natural Resources and Strategic Importance""; ""Was it Good Leadership?""; ""Summary""; ""7 Improving Aid Effectiveness after Civil War""; ""Supportive Cases""; ""Exceptional Cases with Low Windfall""; ""Exceptional Cases with High Windfall""; ""Policies to Counteract the Windfall Curse""; ""Future Research""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Subject Index""