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来源类型 | Discussion paper |
规范类型 | 论文 |
来源ID | DP8850 |
DP8850 The Legacy of Historical Conflict: Evidence from Africa | |
Tim Besley; Marta Reynal-Querol | |
发表日期 | 2012-02-23 |
出版年 | 2012 |
语种 | 英语 |
摘要 | There is a great deal of interest in the causes and consequences of conflict in Africa, one of the poorest areas of the world where only modest economic progess has been made. This paper asks whether post-colonial conflict is, at least in part, a legacy of historical conflict by examining the empirical relationship between conflict in Africa since independence with recorded conflicts in the period 1400 to1700. We find evidence of a legacy of historical conflicts using between- country and within-country evidence. The latter is found by dividing the continent into 120kmm-20km grids and measuring the distance from 91 documented historical conflicts.We also provide evidence that historical conflict is correlated with lower levels of trust, a stronger sense of ethnic identity and a weaker sense of national identity. |
主题 | Development Economics |
关键词 | Conflict Trust Identity |
URL | https://cepr.org/publications/dp8850 |
来源智库 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom) |
资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/537695 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Tim Besley,Marta Reynal-Querol. DP8850 The Legacy of Historical Conflict: Evidence from Africa. 2012. |
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