Governance and Civil War Onset

Supports the view that low-income countries have a greater risk of violent conflict due to poor governance and weak institutions. Some have argued for a direct causal effect via a country's labor market, but a major obstacle to assessing these arguments has been the lack of direct measures of t...

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Main Author: Fearon, James D.
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9123