Electoral systems & reforms
- Activity Choices of Internally Displaced Persons and Returnees: Post-War Northern Uganda
- T. Bruck / Households in Conflict Network , 2011
- This paper studies the effect of living in an internally displaced people’s (IDP) camp on economic activity choices in post war northern Uganda. As the decision to relocate from a camp is voluntary, c...
- Malnutrition, subsequent Risk of Mortality and Civil War in Burundi
- P. Verwimp / Households in Conflict Network , 2011
- The paper investigates the effect of child malnutrition on the risk of mortality in Burundi, a very poor country heavily affected by civil war. We find that undernourished children, as measured by the...
- The human capital consequences of civil war: evidence from Guatemala
- R. Chamarbagwala (ed);H.E Moran (ed) / Households in Conflict Network , 2008
- The demographic and socio-economic distribution of excess mortality during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda
- D. de Walque;P. Verwimp / Households in Conflict Network , 2009
- This paper studies the long-term demographic consequences of the Rwandan genocide (1994) and, in particular, it analyzes how excess mortality was distributed in the population. It also gives a shor...
- Votes and violence: evidence from a field experiment in Nigeria
- P. Collier;P.C. Vicente / Households in Conflict Network , 2008
- Although many African states made the transition from autocracy to democracy, the shift has not been an easy one. Recent elections in Zimababwe, Kenya and Nigeria have exposed vote-buying, ballot f...
- Rivalry and revenge: making sense of violence against civilians in conventional civil wars
- L. Balcells / Households in Conflict Network , 2008
- What leads armed groups in conflict to target non-combatants to a greater or lesser degree? Recent research on violence against civilians during wars has emphasized war-related factors over politic...
- Consumption growth, household splits and civil war
- P. Verwimp;T. Bundervoet / Households in Conflict Network , 2008
- A growing volume of literature is examining the impact of household specific and village level shocks on household consumption. This paper studies the evolution of individual and household welfare ...
- From violence to voting: war and political participation in Uganda
- C. Blattman / Households in Conflict Network , 2008
- What is the political legacy of violent conflict? This paper presents evidence for a link between war, violence and increased individual political participation and leadership among former com...
- Social Capital and the Rwandan genocide: a micro-level analysis
- S. Pinchotti;P. Verwimp / Households in Conflict Network , 2007
- This document examines how the theory of social capital can be used to understand the violence that took place in a Rwandan community 50 KM south of the capital. It analyses the role of a small g...
- Massive civilian displacement in civil war: assessing variation in Colombia
- A. Steele / Households in Conflict Network , 2007
- Displacement of civilians is a common outcome of civil war, but is usually seen as a by-product of the activities of armed groups, rather than a strategy. This paper discusses how armed groups use dis...
