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Poverty and Civil War Events: A Disaggregated Study of Liberia

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Year: 
2009
Organization / Publisher / Reference: 
Journal of Conflict Resolution August 2009 vol. 53 no. 4 598-623
Authors: 
Håvard Hegre, Gudrun Østby, Clionadh Raleigh
Areas: 
Poverty
Sub-topic: 
Conflict
Publicly available?: 
yes
Method: 
but uses ACLED database and DHS
Main findings: 
Further research recommendations: 
Tests out the link between occurrence of conclict and poverty. Very data-rich article. Conclusion suggests that conflict might be better explained when opportunity arises rather than from relative deprivation
Tags: 
poverty
conflict
development
economy
Survey: 
no
Link: 
http://jcr.sagepub.com/content/53/4/598.abstract
DOI: 
10.1177/0022002709336459