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Conflict and the Economy

Auty, R.M. (2007) ‘Rent Cycling Theory, the Resource Curse, and Development Policy’, in Developing Alternatives 11 (From Curse to Cures. Practical Perspectives on remedying the Resource Curse).

 

Ballantine, K., and Sherman, J. (2003) The Political Economy of Armed Conflict: Beyond Greed and Grievance. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner. Buy online

 

Berdal, M., and Malone, D. (eds) (2000) Greed and Grievance: Economic Agendas in Civil Wars. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner.

 

Blomberg, S., Hess, G., and Thacker, S. (2006) ‘On the Conflict-Poverty Nexus’, in Economics and Politics 18. Buy online

 

Böge, V., Fitzpatrick, C., Jaspers, W., Paes, W-C. (2006) Brief 32: Who’s Minding the Store? The Business of Private, Public and Civil Actors in Zones of Conflict. Bonn: BICC.

 

Collier, P. (2007a) ‘Civil War, War Economics and International Cooperation’ in d’Epinay, D.L., and Schnabel, A. eds (2007) Transforming War Economies. Bern: Swisspeace.

 

Collier, P. (2007b) The Bottom Billion. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Buy online

 

Collier, P., and Hoeffler, A. (1998) ‘On Economic Causes of Civil War’, in Oxford Economic Papers 50. Buy online

 

Collier, P., and Hoeffler, A. (2004b) ‘Greed and Grievance in Civil Wars’, Oxford Economic Papers 56. Buy online

 

d’Epinay, D.L., and Schnabel, A.eds (2007) Transforming War Economies. Bern: Swisspeace.

 

De Soysa, I. (2002) ‘Paradise is a Bazaar? Greed, Creed and Governance in Civil War, 1989-99’, Journal of Peace Research 39. Buy online


De Vries, Hugo with Paul Lange and Leontine Specker (2009) Economic Provisions in Peace Agreements. The Hague: Clingendael Institut.

 

Fearon, J.D. (2005) ‘Primary Commodity Exports and Civil War’, Journal of Conflict Resolution 49. Buy online

 

Folke Bernadotte Academy. (2005a) The Role of Economic Actors in Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding. Sandöverken: Folke Bernadotte Academy.

 

Grosse-Kettler, S. (2004) External Actors in Stateless Somalia. A War Economy and its Promoters. Bonn: BICC.

 

IA. (2004c) From War Economies to Peace Economies in the South Caucasus. London: International Alert.

 

Jones, R. (2005) ‘The Economics of War and Post-Conflict Poverty Reduction’ in S. Barakat (ed.) After the Conflict. Reconstruction and Development in the Aftermath of War. London: IB Tauris.

 

Kanbur, R. (2007) Poverty and Conflict: The Inequality Link. New York:  International Peace Academy.


Maier, R. (2010) Early recovery in post-conflict countries: A conceptual study. The Hague: Clingendael Institute.


Naudé, W. (2007) Peace, Prosperity, and Pro-Growth Entrepreneurship. New York: UNU-WIDER.

 

Rice, S.E., Graff, C., and Lewis, J. (2006) Poverty and Civil War: What Policymakers Need to Know. Washington: The Brookings Institution.

 

Ross, M.L. (2004) ‘What Do We Know About Natural Resources and Civil War?’ in The Journal of Peace Research 41. Buy online.

 

Stewart, F. (2006) Policies Towards Horizontal Inequalities in Post-Conflict Reconstruction. New York: UNU.

 

Stewart, F., and Fitzgerald, V. (eds) (2000) War and Underdevelopment: The Economics and Social Consequences of Conflict. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Buy online

 

Wennmann, A. (2008) What is the political economy of conflict? Delimiting a debate on contemporary armed conflict.’ Geneva: Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding.

 

Wennmann, A. (2009) ‘Conflict Economies’ in V. Chetail (ed.) Peacebuilding and Post-Conflict Reconstruction: A Practical and Bilingual Lexicon / Lexique pratique bilingue sur la consolidation de la paix et la reconstruction post-conflictuelle. Oxford: Oxford University Press