War and Underdevelopment: Volume 2: Country Experiences

NOTE EDITORE

Wars, especially civil wars, are among the most serious causes of human suffering and underdevelopment. Yet economic analysis of developing countries at war is relatively rare. These volumes aim to reverse this neglect, tracing the economic and social consequences of conflict both theoretically and through empirical investigations, including seven country case studies. A major objective is to identify policies which may reduce the heavy human and economic costs. Volume One provides a general framework for the analysis, examines the political economy of countries at war, and provides an empirical overview of the costs of war for the poor countries worst affected by conflict. The approach is multidisciplinary: political and sociological analysis is needed in order to understand motivations and behaviour during conflict; while economic analysis is necessary to evaluate how poor people are affected. The analysis includes an investigation of how the international system, including food aid, affects the war economies, and identifies international as well as domestic policies which may reduce the human and economic costs of conflict. The subject is particularly important in view of the high incidence of wars in poor countries. Between 1950 and 1990, around 15 million deaths were caused (directly or indirectly) by war in developing countries. The end of the Cold War led to a transition to peace in many of the areas in which conflict had been fuelled by East-West antagonism, but new wars erupted. From 1989 to 1995, between 34 and 51 armed conflicts were waged each year, the great majority in poor developing countries. These volumes investigate economic and social consequences at macro-, meso- and micro- levels, aiming to identify the indirect costs (e.g. via inflation and reduced entitlements) as well as direct costs of military operations. The in-depth country case studies published in Volume Two (Afghanistan, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Sudan and Uganda) are summarized in Volume One. These explore the main economic mechanisms operating during war and the policy responses of governments and international actors, showing how each can enlarge the costs and further fuel the conflicts. The large variations in this response and in the consequent costs point to domestic and international policies which can reduce the human and economic costs even before peace is restored.

SOMMARIO

1 - Case Studies of Countries at War: An Introduction2 - Afghanistan: the Economic and Social Impact of Conflicts3 - Mozambique: The Economic Effects of the War4 - Mozambique: War, Economic Change, and Development in Manica Province, 1982-925 - Nicaragua: The Political Economy of Social Reform and Armed Conflict6 - Sierra Leone: War and its Functions7 - Sri Lanka: Civil Society and the State, 1983-19858 - Sudan: Conflict and Rationality9 - Uganda: The Social and Economic Costs of Conflict

AUTORE

Frances Stewart is Director, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford, and Professor of Development Economics and Fellow of Somerville College, University of Oxford Valpy Fitzgerald is Director, Finance Trade and Policy Centre, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9780199241880
• Collana: Queen Elizabeth House Series in Development Studies
• Dimensioni: 242 x 23.0 x 163 mm Ø 621 gr
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Illustration Notes: 32 figures
• Pagine Arabe: 324