Documents & Reports
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Guns, books, or doctors ? conflict and public spending in Haiti : lessons from cross-country evidence (English)
Haiti's economic development has been held back by a history of civil conflict and violence. With donor assistance declining from its exceptional levels following the 2010 earthquake, and concessional...
Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS7681 Document Date: May 23, 2016 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Singh,Raju,Bodea,Cristina,Higashijima,Masaaki
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Oil and civil conflict : can public spending have a mitigation effect ? (English)
This paper explores the conditions under which public spending could minimize violent conflict related to oil wealth. Previous work suggests that oil can lead to violent conflict because it increases the...
Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS7100 Document Date: November 1, 2014 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Bodea,Ana Maria Cristina,Higashijima,Masaaki,Singh, Raju Jan
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Oil and civil conflict : can public spending have a mitigation effect? (English)
In this paper, the conditions under which the spending patterns of oil resources may mitigate the risk of violent domestic conflict are studied. Some recent research suggests that more government spending...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 90253 Document Date: January 1, 2014 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Singh, Raju Jan ,Bodea,Ana Maria Cristina,Higashijima,Masaaki