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Greed and grievance in civil wars
Collier, Paul; Hoeffler, Anke - Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE), … - 2002
dependence upon primary commodity exports and a large diaspora substantially increase the risk of conflict. Inconsistent with the … grievance theory, greater ethnic and religious diversity reduce the risk of conflict. The results are robust to correction for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009642657
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Greed and Grievance in Civil War
Collier, Paul; Hoeffler, Anke - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2002
dependence upon primary commodity exports and a large diaspora substantially increase the risk of conflict. Inconsistent with the … grievance theory, greater ethnic and religious diversity reduce the risk of conflict. The results are robust to correction for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010605126
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Greed and Grievance in Civil War
Collier, Paul; Hoeffler, Anke - EconWPA - 2004
dependence upon primary commodity exports and a large diaspora substantially increase the risk of conflict. Inconsistent with the … grievance theory, greater ethnic and religious diversity reduce the risk of conflict. The results are robust to correction for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005407738
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Natural Resource Dependence and Economic Performance in the 1970-2000 Period
Mavrotas, George; Murshed, Syed Mansoob; Torres, Sebastian - Oxford Centre for the Analysis of Resource-Rich … - 2012
We look at the type of natural resource dependence and growth in developing countries. Certain natural resources called point-source, such as oil and minerals, exhibit concentrated and capturable revenue patterns, while revenue flows from resources such as agriculture are more diffused....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010634984
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Aid as a catalyst for pioneer investment
Collier, Paul - 2013
I discuss how aid can support growth in small, isolated economies. Small markets frustrate scale economies and competition. Combined with high transport costs, essential inputs become prohibitively expensive. Breaking the coordination problem requires pioneering investment. Since this generates...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009690756
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Votes and Violence: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Nigeria
Collier, Paul; Vicente, Pedro C. - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2008
Following the wave of democratization during the 1990s, elections are now common in low-income societies.  However, these elections are frequently flawed.  We investigate the Nigerian general election of 2007, which is to date the largest election held in Africa and one seriously marred by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011004298
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Votes and Violence: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Nigeria
Collier, Paul; Vicente, Pedro C - Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE), … - 2008
Following the wave of democratization during the 1990s, elections are now common in low-income societies. However, these elections are frequently flawed. We investigate the Nigerian general election of 2007, which is to date the largest election held in Africa and one seriously marred by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009642333
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Votes and Violence: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Nigeria
Collier, Paul; Vicente, Pedro C. - Households in Conflict Network - 2008
Following the wave of democratization during the 1990s, elections are now common in low-income societies. However, these elections are frequently flawed. We investigate the Nigerian general election of 2007, which is to date the largest election held in Africa and one seriously marred by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005597150
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Aid as a catalyst for pioneer investment
Collier, Paul - 2013
I discuss how aid can support growth in small, isolated economies. Small markets frustrate scale economies and competition. Combined with high transport costs, essential inputs become prohibitively expensive. Breaking the coordination problem requires pioneering investment. Since this generates...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319804
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Helping Hand? Aid to Failing States
Chauvet, Lisa; Collier, Paul - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2006
We define ‘failing states’ are those low-income states in which policy and governance is persistently very bad. We develop a theory of reform in these states in which several characteristics of the society might potentially be the binding constraint on change. We then introduce aid,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010708175