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

by Stewart, Frances; Fitzgerald, Valpy

• ISBN13: 9780199241866
• ISBN10: 0199241864
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-02-15
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

1. Introduction: Assessing the Economic Costs of War, Frances Stewart and Valpy Fitzgerald


2. Paying for the War: Economic Policy in Poor Countries, Valpy Fitzgerald


3. The Political Economy of War, David Keen


4. In

Author Biography

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

Abbreviations and Acronyms	viii
Introduction: Assessing the Economic Costs of War	1	(20)
Frances Stewart
Valpy FitzGerald
Paying for the War: Economic Policy in Poor Countries Under Conflict Conditions	21	(18)
Valpy FitzGerald
The Political Economy of War	39	(28)
David Keen
Internal Wars: An Empirical Overview of the Economic and Social Consequences	67	(37)
Frances Stewart
Cindy Huang
Michael Wang
An Overview of Case Studies	104	(45)
Valpy FitzGerald
Frances Stewart
Michael Wang
The Treatment of Children During Conflict	149	(19)
Eric Greitens
Food Aid During Civil War: Conflicting Conclusions Derived from Alternative Approaches	168	(36)
Frances Stewart
Emma Samman
The International Political Economy of Conflict in Poor Countries	204	(21)
Valpy FitzGerald
The Costs of War in Poor Countries: Conclusions and Policy Recommendations	225	(21)
Frances Stewart
Valpy FitzGerald
References	246	(11)
Index	257