Centre for the Study of African Economies Development and Security Anke Hoeffler Centre for the Study of African Economies Department of Economics, University of Oxford

Centre for the Study of African Economies Conflicts: Global Prevalence

Centre for the Study of African Economies Conflicts: Global Prevalence

Centre for the Study of African Economies Conflict and War: Global Prevalence

Centre for the Study of African Economies Civil War Research OnsetDurationPost-War

Centre for the Study of African Economies Collier-Hoeffler Model of Civil War Aim: model and estimate what factors make a country more prone to large scale violent internal conflict Method: regression analysis Collier and Hoeffler, 2004

Centre for the Study of African Economies Explanations of Civil War Onset Economics Political Science Sociology History Geography Demography risk = f(history, economy, sociology...)

Centre for the Study of African Economies Conclusions Little evidence for grievances as a sufficient determinant of conflict Economic factors are important (level, growth and structure of income, sources of finance) Past conflict makes a country more conflict prone

Centre for the Study of African Economies Natural Resources and the Risk of Civil War C&H: Countries with natural resources are more conflict prone risk natural resources

Centre for the Study of African Economies Interpretation: Civil war? – recruit and maintain private army Finance? - natural resources Examples: drugs, diamonds, timber

Centre for the Study of African Economies Measurement of Natural Resources Natural resource exports as a % of GDP Point/diffuse natural resources Dummy variable (e.g. oil exporter) Natural resource rents (price-cost) Stock of natural resources

Centre for the Study of African Economies Where is the Wealth of Nations? Data source: World Bank (2006) and own calculations Region Subsoil assets/km2 (in USD) World105,000 Africa23,000 South Asia53,000 LAC95,000 MENA361,000 East Asia&Pacific77,000 ECA93,000 OECD114,000

Centre for the Study of African Economies Possible Interpretations: Finance Lujala et al Honey Pot Humphreys 2005, Neumeyer&de Soysa Weak state capacity Fearon&Laitin 2003, Sachs&Warner 2007, Collier&Hoeffler 2009

Centre for the Study of African Economies Summary of the Evidence: Evidence that natural resource rich countries are conflict prone Measurement issues Results difficult to interpret, endogeneity and simultaneity problems Transmission channels from natural resources to civil war risk are diverse

Centre for the Study of African Economies Ecoviolence? Does natural resource scarcity cause violence? No current evidence for ‘ecowars’ Gleditsch, 1989; de Soysa, 2002 Little evidence that climate change will cause more wars Hendrix&Glaser, 2007

Centre for the Study of African Economies Duration of War Duration is not determined by the same variables as the initiation An increase in natural resource prices tends to increase the duration of war

Centre for the Study of African Economies Post-Conflict Challenges Economic Recovery Risk Reduction

Centre for the Study of African Economies Economic Recovery Is there a peace dividend? Does aid increase growth post-conflict? Does policy improve growth post-conflict?

Centre for the Study of African Economies Empirical Analysis of Post-Conflict Societies Peace dividend, about 1.1% extra growth 3-7 years during post conflict aid increases growth Traditionally this is not what donors have done Particularly sensitive to improvements in social policies

Centre for the Study of African Economies Post Conflict Risks 68 post-conflict episodes 46% of cases recurrence of war 40% of cases recurrence within a decade

Centre for the Study of African Economies Statistical Results There is no safe period during the decade Growth is important, stagnant economies 42% risk,10% income growth 26.9% risk Elections shift the risk, lower in election year, higher after, subsequent elections don’t have a different effect to first elections PK force absolute not relative size matters (deterrence) Doubling expenditure reduces risk from 40% to 31%

Centre for the Study of African Economies Concluding Comments Correlation/causation? Evidence that countries rich in natural resources are at higher risk of war Finance, honey pot, weak state capacity Kimberley Process Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative Resource Charter

Centre for the Study of African Economies International Initiatives EITI Kimberley Process The Natural Resource Charter

Centre for the Study of African Economies Bibliography Civil War Collier, Paul and Anke Hoeffler Greed and grievance in civil wars, Oxford Economic Papers 56:663–595. Collier, Paul, Anke Hoeffler and Dominic Rohner Beyond Greed and Grievance: Feasibility and Civil War. Oxford Economic Papers 61: Collier, Paul, Hoeffler, Anke and Måns Söderbom On the Duration of Civil War. Journal of Peace Research 41(3): Collier, Paul, Lance Elliot, Håvard Hegre, Anke Hoeffler, Marta Reynal-Querol and Nicholas Sambanis Breaking the Conflict Trap: Civil War and Development Policy, World Bank Policy Research Report. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Fearon, James and David Laitin Ethnicity, insurgency, and civil war, American Political Science Review 97:75– 90. Hegre, Hårvard, Tanja Ellingsen, Scott Gates and Nils Petter Gleditsch Towards a democratic civil peace? American Political Science Review 95:33–48. Miguel, E., S. Satyanath and E. Sergenti (2004), Economic shocks and civil conflict: An instrumental variables approach, Journal of Political Economy 112:725–753. Natural Resources and Development Auty, Richard Resource abundance and economic development. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Collier, Paul The Bottom Billion: Why the poorest countries are failing and what can be done about it. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Isham, Jonathan, Woolcock, Michael, Pritchett, Lant and Gwen Busby The Varieties of Resource Experience: Natural Resource Export Structures and the Political Economy of Economic Growth. World Bank Economic Review 19(2): Sachs, Jeffrey and Andrew M. Warner ‘Natural Resource Abundance and Economic Growth’. In Leading Issues in Economic Development, 7 th ed. G.M. Meier and J.E. Rauch, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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