This paper studies long-term impacts of violent conflict, to provide insights into the costs of conflict and policies … to prevent conflict relapse. The findings link evidence on the contemporaneous effects of conflict with its persistent …. There is a strong level effect on output arising from the intensity of conflict, which, contrary to perceptions of post-conflict …

violence, most of them in low- and medium-income settings. The majority of these deaths occur in situations other than war … preoccupation with the costs and consequences of armed violence, comparatively little evidence exists about how to stem its risks … and effects. Virtually no information is available on Armed Violence Reduction and Prevention interventions, much less …

How do we understand illicit violence? Can we prevent it? Building on behavioral science and economics, this book …, creates more transnational opportunities for deception, coercion, and violence. If the economist's perspective helps to … explain violence, then it must also facilitate insights into promoting peace and security. If we can approach violence as …