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Breaking the conflict trap : civil war and development policy /

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: A World Bank policy research reportPublication details: Washington, DC : World Bank ; [New York] : Oxford University Press, c2003.Description: xv, 221 pISBN:
  • 0821354817 (pbk.)
  • 9780821354810
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 303.6'4'091724 BRE
LOC classification:
  • HC59.72.D4 B73 2003
Online resources: Summary: 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.
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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.

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