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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780360603321

Titolo

Breaking the conflict trap : : civil war and development policy / / Paul Collier ... [and others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC : , : World Bank

[New York] : , : Oxford University Press, , [2003]

copyright 2003

ISBN

1-280-08428-6

9786610084289

0-8213-8641-7

0-585-46561-4

Descrizione fisica

xv, 221 pages : illustrations ; ; 24 cm

Collana

A World Bank policy research report

Altri autori (Persone)

CollierPaul

Disciplina

303.6/4/091724

Soggetti

Civil war - Economic aspects - Developing countries

Civil war - Social aspects - Developing countries

Poverty - Developing countries

Income distribution - Developing countries

Mortality - Developing countries

Public health - Developing countries

Economic development

Developing countries Politics and government 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 200-221).

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; The Report Team; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Overview; Let Them Fight it Out among Themselves?; What Can We Do about Ancestral Hatreds?; The Conflict Trap; The Rising Global Incidence of Conflict; Nothing Can be Done; Part I - Cry Havoc Why Civil War Matters; Chapter One - Civil War as Development in Reverse; Chapter Two - Let Them Fight it Out among Themselves?; Part II - What Fuels Civil War?; Chapter Three - What Makes a Country Prone to Civil War?; Chapter Four - Why is Civil War so Common?; Part III - Policies for Peace

Chapter Five - What Works Where?Chapter Six - An Agenda for



International Action; Appendix 1 - Methods and Data; Data Set and Model; Data Sources; Appendix 2 - A Selected Bibliography of Studies of Civil War and Rebellion; Economic Factors; Role of Ethnicity and Nationalism; Anatomy of Rebellion; Role of the State; Negotiation and Implementation of Peace; Bibliography; References; Back cover

Sommario/riassunto

Civil war conflict is a core development issue. The existence of civil war can dramatically slow a country's development process, especially in low-income countries which are more vulnerable to civil war conflict. Conversely, development can impede civil war. When development succeeds, countries become safer-when development fails, they experience a greater risk of being caught in a conflict trap. Ultimately, civil war is a failure of development.'Breaking the Conflict Trap' identifies the dire consequences that civil war has on the development process and offers three main findings. First, ci

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Record Nr.

UNICAMPANIAVAN00055211

Autore

Charalambides, Charalambos A.

Titolo

Enumerative combinatorics / Charalambos A. Charalambides

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton [etc.], : Chapman & Hall ; CRC, 2002

ISBN

978-15-8488-290-9

Descrizione fisica

XVI, 609 p. ; 24 cm

Soggetti

05-XX - Combinatorics [MSC 2020]

05A15 - Exact enumeration problems, generating functions [MSC 2020]

05A16 - Asymptotic enumeration [MSC 2020]

05Axx - Enumerative combinatorics [MSC 2020]

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia