This paper analyzes the role of religion with regard to the violence experienced during the past 20 years in Côte d …'Ivoire. It seeks to explain the differences in the level of violence over time by focusing on religion as an identity marker and … reaction to the violence and politicization, the religious elites founded an interreligious organization in the 1990s, and were …

analyze the impact of one of the world's largest anti-poverty programs, India's NREGS, on the intensity of Maoist conflict. We … find short-run increases of insurgency-related violence, police-initiated attacks, and insurgent attacks on civilians. We …

The Punjab Insurgency in India (1978-1993) took the lives of over 20,000 people. Yet, there has been little research on … the economic causes and consequences of the conflict in Punjab, which has been classified as a civil war and also an … insurgency. In this article, I delve into some of the reasons for why Punjab suffered such a prolonged and bloody insurgency …

Schaffung von Erwerbsanreizen durch das Workfare-Prinzip von Leistung und Gegenleistung im Sozialstaat, eine systematische … Neuordnung der Sozialversicherung, überfällige Reformen im Bildungssektor und eine ökonomisch orientierte Zuwanderungspolitik …

We investigate the empirical impact of violence as compared to other trade impediments on trade flows. Our analysis is … from the Rose [2004] dataset, the ITERATE dataset for terrorist events, and datasets of external and internal conflict. We … of terrorism, as well as internal and external conflict is equivalent to as much as a 30 percent tariff on trade. This is …

, social science research has inadequately addressed the question of how and to what extent religion matters for conflict in … Africa. This paper presents an innovative data inventory on religion and violent conflict in all sub-Saharan countries for … for in conflict in Africa. Moreover, results show the multidimensionality (e.g. armed conflicts with religious …

'the economic costs of mass violent conflict' by identifying strengths and weaknesses of the existing literature. The … conflict. These models differ by complexity, ranging from standard regression analysis to computable general equilibrium models …

conflict-affected countries. This module will enable researchers to address specific violence-related issues comparatively … survey designs in conflict-affected areas. We review existing conflict- and violence-related questionnaires, with a special … in order to deepen the understanding of the nature of violent conflict and the channels whereby conflict and violence …