Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/210862 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
CREDIT Research Paper No. 19/11
Publisher: 
The University of Nottingham, Centre for Research in Economic Development and International Trade (CREDIT), Nottingham
Abstract: 
This study finds evidence of irreversible health deficits amongst young children who were exposed to the Lord's Resistance Army insurgency in Northern Uganda (1987- 2007). The causal effect of the conflict is found to be a 0.65 standard deviation fall in height-for-age z-scores amongst children exposed for a period of more than six months. In contrast, the health impacts of shorter periods of exposure are found to be relatively minimal. These findings highlight the need for a swift resolution to conflict, in particular where it impacts heavily upon civilian populations, without which, the health consequences of protracted wars may extend far beyond the current generation.
Subjects: 
Conflict
Uganda
Child health
JEL: 
I12
J13
O12
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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