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War and Underdevelopment: Volume 1: The Economic and Social Consequences of Conflict (Hardcover)
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War and Underdevelopment: Volume 1: The Economic and Social Consequences of Conflict (Hardcover)
Series: Queen Elizabeth House Series in Development Studies
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Wars, especially civil wars, are among the most serious causes of
human suffering and underdevelopment. Yet economic analysis of
developing countries at war is relatively rare. These volumes aim
to reverse this neglect, tracing the economic and social
consequences of conflict both theoretically and through empirical
investigations, including seven country case studies. A major
objective is to identify policies which may reduce the heavy human
and economic costs. Volume One provides a general framework for the
analysis, examines the political economy of countries at war, and
provides an empirical overview of the costs of war for the poor
countries worst affected by conflict. The approach is
multidisciplinary: political and sociological analysis is needed in
order to understand motivations and behaviour during conflict;
while economic analysis is necessary to evaluate how poor people
are affected. The analysis includes an investigation of how the
international system, including food aid, affects the war
economies, and identifies international as well as domestic
policies which may reduce the human and economic costs of conflict.
The subject is particularly important in view of the high incidence
of wars in poor countries. Between 1950 and 1990, around 15 million
deaths were caused (directly or indirectly) by war in developing
countries. The end of the Cold War led to a transition to peace in
many of the areas in which conflict had been fuelled by East-West
antagonism, but new wars erupted. From 1989 to 1995, between 34 and
51 armed conflicts were waged each year, the great majority in poor
developing countries. These volumes investigate economic and social
consequences at macro-, meso- and micro- levels, aiming to identify
the indirect costs (e.g. via inflation and reduced entitlements) as
well as direct costs of military operations. The in-depth country
case studies published in Volume Two (Afghanistan, Mozambique,
Nicaragua, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Sudan and Uganda) are
summarized in Volume One. These explore the main economic
mechanisms operating during war and the policy responses of
governments and international actors, showing how each can enlarge
the costs and further fuel the conflicts. The large variations in
this response and in the consequent costs point to domestic and
international policies which can reduce the human and economic
costs even before peace is restored.
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