Executive summary The multiple and overlapping crises faced by countries, regions, and the
world appear unprecedented in their magnitude and complexity. Protracted conflicts …

This article reviews the literature on civil conflict and development with a focus on the
socioeconomic consequences of violence and on promising policies for fostering peace. We …

What accounts for overarching trajectories of civil wars? This article develops an account of
civil war as a social process that connects dynamics of conflict from pre-to post-war periods …

A vast literature evaluates the effectiveness of development aid, often reaching sobering
conclusions. We argue that a key shortcoming of this literature is the focus on a narrow …

Wars impose tremendous costs on societies and the question of how to end them is of
foremost importance. Several hundred books and scientific articles have been written on …

Prevalent counterinsurgency theories posit that small development aid projects can help
stabilize regions in conflict. A widely assumed mechanism runs through citizen attitudes …

" Under what conditions does climate change potentially lead to negative security
outcomes? In brief, this book argues that climate change is most likely to trigger conflict and …

The production of economic surplus, or “prosperity,” was fundamental to financing the rise of
pristine civilizations. Yet, prosperity attracts predation, which discourages the investments …

This article provides new evidence on how the international community can effectively foster
peace after civil war. It expands the current literature's narrow focus on either peacekeeping …

There has been a significant rise in the share of women legislators in Africa. What makes
this fact puzzling is that it cannot be attributed to an African electorate that values gender …