War and Underdevelopment: Volume 1: The Economic and Social Consequences of Conflict / Edition 1

by Frances Stewart, Valpy Fitzgerald

Overview

Wars - especially civil wars - are among the most serious 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 both theoretically and through empirical investigations, including seven country case studies. A major objective is to identify policies which may reduce the heavy human and economic costs. Volume one provides a general framework for the analysis, examines the political economy of countries at war, and provides an empirical overview of the costs of war for the poor countries worst affected by conflict. The approach is multidisciplinary: political and sociological analysis is needed in order to understand motivations and behaviour during conflict; while economic analysis is necessary to evaluate how poor people are affected. The analysis includes an investigation of how the international system, including food aid, affects the war economies, and identifies international as well as domestic policies which may reduce the human and economic costs of conflict.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199241873
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	02/15/2001
Series:	Queen Elizabeth House Series in Development Studies , #1
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	280
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Frances Stewart is Director, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford, and Professor of Development Economics and Fellow of Somerville College, University of Oxford Valpy Fitzgerald is Director, Finance Trade and Policy Centre, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford

Table of Contents

1. Introduction: Assessing the Economic Costs of War, Frances Stewart and Valpy Fitzgerald2. Paying for the War: Economic Policy in Poor Countries, Valpy Fitzgerald3. The Political Economy of War, David Keen4. Internal Wars: An Empirical Overview of the Economic and Social Consequences, Frances Stewart, Cindy Huang, and Michael Wang5. Overview of Case Studies, Valpy Fitzgerald, Frances Stewart, and Michael Wang6. The Treatment of Children during Conflict, Eric Greitens7. Food Aid during Civil War: Conflicting Conclusions Derived from Alternative Approaches, Frances Stewart and Emma Samman8. Vulnerable Economies and the International Political Economy of Conflict, Valpy Fitzgerald9. The Costs of War in Poor Countries: Conclusions and Policy Recommendations, Frances Stewart and Valpy Fitzgerald