Breaking the Conflict Trap: Civil War and Development Policy (Policy Research Reports)

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Civil war conflict is a core development issue. The existence of civil war can dramatically slow a country’s development process, especially in low-income countries which are more liable to civil war conflict. Conversely, development can impede civil war. When development succeeds, countries transform safer―when development fails, they experience a greater risk of being caught in a conflict trap. In the long run, civil war is a failure of development.

‘Breaking the Conflict Trap’ identifies the dire consequences that civil war has on the development process and offers three main findings. First, civil war has adverse ripple effects that are steadily not taken into account by those who resolve whether wars start or end. Second, some countries are much more likely than others to experience civil war conflict and thus, the risks of civil war differ considerably according to a country’s characteristics including its economic stability. In the end, Breaking the Conflict Trap explores viable international measures that may be taken to reduce the global incidence of civil war and proposes a practical agenda for action.

This book will have to serve as a wake up call to any person in the international community who still thinks that development and conflict are distinct issues.

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