Essays on civil war, inequality and underdevelopment /

These essays are a significant contribution to understanding the failure of sustainable economic development and the armed conflict that it spawns in developing states.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Murshed, Syed Mansoob (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newcastle upon Tyne : Agenda Publishing, [2021]
Temas:
Economic development > Developing countries.
War > Economic aspects > Developing countries.
Economic development
Economic history
War > Economic aspects
Developing countries > Economic conditions.
Developing countries
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Half-title
  • Series
  • Title page
  • Dedication
  • Copyright information
  • Table of contents
  • Preface
  • Tables and Figures
  • 1 Conflict, civil war and underdevelopment
  • 2 Revisiting the greed and grievance explanations for violent conflict
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 The greed or natural resource-based explanation for conflict
  • 2.2.1 The theory of greed
  • 2.2.2 Empirical issues in connection with the greed mechanism
  • 2.3 Grievances and horizontal inequality as conflict drivers
  • 2.3.1 Theories of grievance
  • 2.3.1.1 Relative deprivation
  • 2.3.1.2 Polarization
  • 2.3.1.3 Horizontal inequality
  • 2.3.2 Measurement of grievance
  • 2.3.2.1 Relative deprivation
  • 2.3.3 Some empirical findings
  • 2.4 Synthesis and social contract
  • 2.5 Conclusions
  • 3 Greed, grievance and globalization
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 A model of social contract and civil conflict
  • 3.2.1 The government side
  • 3.2.2 The rebel side
  • 3.2.3 Solving the model
  • 3.2.3.1 Non-cooperative behaviour
  • 3.2.3.2 International aid, diaspora finance, greed and grievance
  • 3.2.3.3 Globalization, growth and internal conflict
  • 3.3 Conclusions
  • 4 Economic dimensions of the liberal peace and its implications for conflict in developing countries
  • 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.2 Ideal theories of the liberal peace
  • 4.3 Economic theories of the liberal peace
  • 4.4 Globalization and internal conflict in developing countries
  • 4.4.1 The gains from trade
  • 4.4.2 Globalization and conflict
  • 4.5 Conclusions and policy implications
  • 5 Enforcing peace agreements through commitment technologies
  • 5.1 Introduction
  • 5.2 The imperfect credibility of peace agreements
  • 5.3 Commitment technologies for the rebel group
  • 5.4 The finance and production of sanctions
  • 5.5 Conclusions
  • 6 The conflict-growth nexus and the poverty of nations
  • 6.1 Introduction
  • 6.2 Long-run determinants of growth
  • 6.3 Conflict
  • 6.3.1 Definitions and stylized facts
  • 6.3.2 Causes of conflict
  • 6.3.2.1 Relative deprivation
  • 6.3.2.2 Contest for natural resource rents
  • 6.4 Growth, polity, endowments and conflict
  • 6.5 Conclusions and policy recommendations
  • 7 Conflict and fiscal capacity
  • 7.1 Introduction
  • 7.2 Theory
  • 7.3 Methodology and variables
  • 7.4 Baseline results
  • 7.5 Sensitivity and robustness
  • 7.5.1 Spline regression
  • 7.5.2 Instruments set
  • 7.6 Long-run impact multipliers
  • 7.7 Additional estimation
  • 7.8 Conclusions
  • Appendix
  • 8 Does civil war hamper financial development?
  • 8.1 Introduction
  • 8.2 Theoretical framework
  • 8.3 Methodological framework
  • 8.4 Data and description
  • 8.4.1 Dependent variable
  • 8.4.1.1 Money and quasi money (M2): DEPTH
  • 8.4.1.2 Credit to private sector as percentage of GDP: PRIVATE
  • 8.4.2 Priority variable
  • 8.4.2.1 Armed conflict
  • 8.4.3 Control variables
  • 8.4.3.1 Institutional quality
  • 8.4.3.2 Real GDP per capita

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