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How Much War Will We See? Estimating the Incidence of Civil War in 161 Countries

Quantitative studies of civil war have focused either on war's onset, or its termination, producing important insights into these end points of the process. The authors complement these studies by studying how much war we are likely to observe...

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Main Authors:	Elbadawi, Ibrahim, Sambanis, Nicholas
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ARMIES ARMY ASSET INEQUALITY CIVIL WAR CIVIL WAR DATA CIVIL WARS COLD WAR CONFLICT CONFLICTS COST OF REBELLION COSTS OF REBELLION CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES DEFENSE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC DEPENDENCE DURATION OF WAR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION ECONOMIC GRIEVANCE ECONOMIC GROWTH ETHNIC DIVERSITY ETHNIC FRACTIONALIZATION ETHNIC FRAGMENTATION ETHNIC GROUPS ETHNIC HOMOGENEITY FRESH WARS GEOGRAPHIC CONCENTRATION GOVERNMENT ARMY HOMOGENEOUS SOCIETIES HOMOGENOUS SOCIETIES HUMAN RIGHTS INCOME INCOME PER CAPITA LINGUISTIC FRACTIONALIZATION LOOT-SEEKING REBELLION MILITARY OPPOSITION NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENTS OPPORTUNITY COST PEACE POLARIZATION POLITICAL LIBERALIZATION POLITICAL REPRESSION POLITICAL RIGHTS POLITICAL VIOLENCE POST-CONFLICT POVERTY REDUCTION PROBABILITY OF WAR REBEL ARMY REBEL COHESION REBEL GROUP REBEL MOVEMENT REBEL MOVEMENTS REBEL VICTORY REBELLIONS RELIGIOUS FRACTIONALIZATION RISK OF WAR SOCIAL DIVERSITY SOCIAL FRACTIONALIZATION SOVEREIGNTY UNEMPLOYMENT VIOLENCE VIOLENT CONFLICT WAR WAR DURATION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/01/1121148/much-war-see-estimating-incidence-civil-war-161-countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19718