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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. It 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: Case Studies of Countries at War: An Introduction 2: Peter Marsden and Emma Samman: Afghanistan: the Economic and Social Impact of Conflicts 3: Tilman Brück: Mozambique: The Economic Effects of the War 4: Mark F. Chigono: Mozambique: War, Economic Change, and Development in Manica Province, 1982-92 5: Valpy Fitzgerald and Arturo Grigsby: Nicaragua: The Political Economy of Social Reform and Armed Conflict 6: David Keen: Sierra Leone: War and its Functions 7: Meghan O'Sullivan: Sri Lanka: Civil Society and the State, 1983-1985 8: David Keen: Sudan: Conflict and Rationality 9: John Mary Matovu and Frances Stewart: Uganda: The Social and Economic Costs of Conflict ...
