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Breaking the Conflict Trap: Civil War and Development Policy (World Bank Policy Research Reports)
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 303.64091724
EAN: 9780821354810
ISBN: 0821354817
Label: A World Bank Publication
Manufacturer: A World Bank Publication
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 320
Publication Date: June 01, 2003
Publisher: A World Bank Publication
Studio: A World Bank Publication
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Civil wars attract much less attention than international wars but they are becoming increasingly common and typically go on for years. Where development succeeds, countries become progressively safer from violent conflict, making subsequent development easier. Where development fails countries can become trapped in a vicious circle: war wrecks the economy and increases the risk of further war. This new World Bank Policy Research Report challenges the belief that civil wars are inevitable and proposes an agenda for global action.
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Rating: - civil war != development
These days, when the idea of failed states occupies the minds of many policymakers in the developed world, Collier provides a timely study of how civil war can help bring about a failed state. He studies several decades of civil wars, spread across the world, though primarily focused on Africa. In these wars, we see how the development of those countries was severely stunted. From Liberia to Sudan to Cambodia and other places.
The tragedy of course is that these countries already had ... Read More
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