Over the second half of the 20th century, conflicts within national boundaries became
increasingly dominant. One-third of all countries experienced civil conflict. Many (if not most) …

In this review, we examine the links between economic development and social conflict. By
economic development, we refer broadly to aggregate changes in per capita income and …

We investigate the role of deeply rooted pre‐colonial ethnic institutions in shaping
comparative regional development within African countries. We combine information on the …

Ethnic favoritism is seen as antithetical to development. This paper provides credible
quantification of the extent of ethnic favoritism using data on road building in Kenyan districts …

We investigate the role of national institutions on subnational African development in a novel
framework that accounts for both local geography and cultural-genetic traits. We exploit the …

As Africa's role on the global stage is rising, so does the need to understand the shadow of
history on the continent's economy and polity. We discuss recent works that shed light on …

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 …

How did Iraq become one of the most repressive dictatorships of the late twentieth century?
The conventional wisdom about Iraq's modern political history is that the country was …

For their empirical evaluation, several active research programs in economics and political
science require data on ethnic groups across countries.“Ethnic group,” however, is a …

This paper develops a game-theoretic approach to the problem of political officials' respect
for political and economic rights of citizens. It models the policing of rights as a coordination …