the incidence of conflict to circumstances, institutions and features of the underlying economy and polity. We use this … model to derive testable predictions and to interpret the cross-sectional and times-series variations in civil conflict. Our …

This paper studies empirically the impact of mining on conflicts in Africa. Using novel data, we combine geo … mining activity on the probability/intensity of conflict at the local level. This is both true for low-level violence (riots … percent of the average country-level violence in Africa. The second part of the paper investigates whether minerals, by …

Drought is Africa’s primary natural disaster and a pervasive source of income risk for poor households. This paper …

Long-run trends in Africa’s well-being are provided on the basis of a new index of human development, alternative to … experienced in other developing regions. Within Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa has fallen steadily behind the North since mid-20th …

different economic sectors. Using the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as a case study, we differentiate between Israeli companies …