Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/190023 
Year of Publication: 
2017
Series/Report no.: 
WIDER Working Paper No. 2017/178
Publisher: 
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Helsinki
Abstract: 
We survey selected parts of the growing literature on the microeconomics of violent conflict, identifying where academic research has started to establish stylized facts and where methodological and knowledge gaps remain. We focus our review on the role of civilian agency in conflict; on wartime institutions; and on the private sector in conflict. Future research requires new and better sources of data on conflict and conflict impacts, including from household surveys in conflict-affected areas. Impact evaluations can also be valuable sources of insights about how conflict impacts on people and how peacebuilding and reconstruction can be improved. We also see the need for much more detailed studies on the long-term impacts of conflict; on the linkages between agriculture, food security, and conflict; on the role of technology for peace; and on the micro-macro linkages of conflict, as well its macroeconomic costs. Finally, future research would benefit from linking analysis of large-scale violent conflict with other forms of violence, instability, fragility, and humanitarian crises.
Subjects: 
conflict
violence
war
fragility
peace
reconstruction
JEL: 
D74
F51
H56
O12
O43
Q34
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
ISBN: 
978-92-9256-404-9
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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