Breaking the conflict trap :
Breaking the conflict trap : civil war and development policy /
- Washington, DC : [New York] : World Bank ; Oxford University Press, c2003.
- xv, 221 p. :
- A World Bank policy research report .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 200-221).
This report argues that civil war is now an important issue for development. War retards development, but conversely, development retards war. This double causation gives rise to virtuous and vicious circles. Where development succeeds, countries become progressively safer from violent conflict, making subsequent development easier. Where development fails, countries are at high risk of becoming caught in a conflict trap in which war wrecks the economy and increases the risk of further war. The global incidence of civil war is high because the international community has done little to avert it. Inertia is rooted in two beliefs: that we can safely 'let them fight it out among themselves' and that 'nothing can be done' because civil war is driven by ancestral ethnic and religious hatreds. The purpose of this report is to challenge these beliefs.
0821354817 (pbk.) 9780821354810
Civil war
Civil war and development policy
Poverty
Income distribution
Mortality
Public health
Economic development.
Developing countries
HC59.72.D4 / B73 2003
303.6'4'091724 / BRE
Includes bibliographical references (p. 200-221).
This report argues that civil war is now an important issue for development. War retards development, but conversely, development retards war. This double causation gives rise to virtuous and vicious circles. Where development succeeds, countries become progressively safer from violent conflict, making subsequent development easier. Where development fails, countries are at high risk of becoming caught in a conflict trap in which war wrecks the economy and increases the risk of further war. The global incidence of civil war is high because the international community has done little to avert it. Inertia is rooted in two beliefs: that we can safely 'let them fight it out among themselves' and that 'nothing can be done' because civil war is driven by ancestral ethnic and religious hatreds. The purpose of this report is to challenge these beliefs.
0821354817 (pbk.) 9780821354810
Civil war
Civil war and development policy
Poverty
Income distribution
Mortality
Public health
Economic development.
Developing countries
HC59.72.D4 / B73 2003
303.6'4'091724 / BRE