Contributions to the quantitative civil war literature increasingly rely on geo-referenced data
and disaggregated research designs. While this is a welcome trend, it necessitates …

This article reviews the existing theoretical arguments and empirical findings linking
renewable and non-renewable natural resources to the onset, intensity, and duration of …

China is now the lender of first resort for much of the developing world, but Beijing has
fueled speculation among policymakers, scholars, and journalists by shrouding its grant …

Since the 1980's, decentralized forest management has been promoted as a way to
enhance sustainable forest use and reduce rural poverty. Rural communities manage …

Contemporary research on civil war has largely dismissed the role of political and economic
grievances, focusing instead on opportunities for conflict. However, these strong claims rest …

Most nations have experienced an internal armed conflict since 1960. Yet while civil war is
central to many nations' development, it has stood at the periphery of economics research …

Effects of climate change tend to be more severe where people rely on weather dependent
rain-fed agriculture for their livelihoods. In rural mountain communities with limited livelihood …

In the later decades of the twentieth century, Africa plunged into political chaos. States failed,
governments became predators, and citizens took up arms. In When Things Fell Apart …

Rebellion, insurgency, civil war-conflict within a society is customarily treated as a matter of
domestic politics and analysts generally focus their attention on local causes. Yet fighting …

Recent large-N studies of civil war conclude that inequality does not increase the risk of
violent conflict. This article argues that such conclusions may be premature because these …