Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/45091 
Year of Publication: 
2008
Series/Report no.: 
WIDER Research Paper No. 2008/83
Publisher: 
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Helsinki
Abstract: 
This paper analyses the transmission channels through which mass violent conflict and postconflict fragility affect households. It does so by pointing out how a fragile environment impairs a household's core functions, boundaries, and its choice of income generating activities. Furthermore, it proposes a tool to analyse the impact of conflict and fragility on groups of households. The paper advances our understanding of mass violent conflict and fragility and contributes to the literature on the economics of conflict and development in three ways: first, it identifies the important gaps in the current micro level literature on conflict. Second, it provides a consistent and systematic framework to address these gaps. Third, it applies the framework to war widows, one example of a conflict affected and often forgotten group that typically amounts to a large population share in post-conflict societies.
Subjects: 
violent conflict
poverty
widows
households
JEL: 
O12
D13
D74
ISBN: 
978-92-9230-137-8
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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