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Zusatztext This two-volume study verifies long-held intuitions and observations that war entails costs and benefits that are distributed unevenly ... this study should serve as a good reference and as an invitation to scholars to study war and development more thoroughly. Informationen zum Autor Frances Stewart is Director, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford, and Professor of Development Economics and Fellow of Somerville College, University of OxfordValpy Fitzgerald is Director, Finance Trade and Policy Centre, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford Klappentext Wars! especially civil wars! are known to be one of the most potent 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 in poor countries. A major objective is to identify policies which may reduce the heavy human and economic costs. Volume One provides a general framework for understanding the economic interactions. It also provides an empirical overview of the costs of war for the worst affected countries in the 1970s and 1980s. Volume Two presents seven country case studies. Zusammenfassung This series aims to trace the economic and social consequences of conflict both theoretically and through empirical investigations. This volume provides an analytical framework and examines the political economy of countries at war, along with the costs of war for the countries worst affected. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Frances Stewart and Valpy Fitzgerald: Introduction: Assessing the Economic Costs of War 2: Valpy Fitzgerald: Paying for the War: Economic Policy in Poor Countries 3: David Keen: The Political Economy of War 4: Frances Stewart, Cindy Huang, and Michael Wang: Internal Wars: An Empirical Overview of the Economic and Social Consequences 5: Valpy Fitzgerald, Frances Stewart, and Michael Wang: Overview of Case Studies 6: Eric Greitens: The Treatment of Children during Conflict 7: Frances Stewart and Emma Samman: Food Aid during Civil War: Conflicting Conclusions Derived from Alternative Approaches 8: Valpy Fitzgerald: Vulnerable Economies and the International Political Economy of Conflict 9: Frances Stewart and Valpy Fitzgerald: The Costs of War in Poor Countries: Conclusions and Policy Recommendations ...
