‘No peace, no war’ proponents? How pro-regime militias affect civil war termination and outcomes

Sustaining the Peace after Civil War

Discussion Paper No . 2001 / 57 Debt Relief and Civil War

Of the 41 HIPCs, 11 are classified by the IMF and World Bank as conflict-affected. Can debt relief reduce the level of violent conflict in these countries? By providing additional resources to finance broad-based public spending, debt relief could help to redress the grievances that contribute to conflict. It could also reduce the ability of those motivated by greed to recruit followers, since ...

How Does Relative Group Size Affect Civil War Risk?

The literature on social polarization predicts that redistributive conflicts will be most intense in societies with two equally large groups. However, the effect of relative group size on the risk of onset of violent conflict remains unexplored. In this paper we study a game between a rentextracting government and an excluded social group which can explain the determinants of conflict onset and...

Towards a Framework for the Study of "No War, No Peace" Societies

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Drivers of Durable Peace: The Role of Justice in Negotiating Civil War Termination

Attaining durable peace after a civil war has become a major challenge, as many negotiated settlements relapse into violence. How can civil war negotiations be conducted and peace agreements formulated so as to contribute to lasting, durable peace? Previous research has focused on the durability of peace agreements, measured as the absence of violence. This study develops an index to measure du...