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Adhvaryu, Achyuta, Fenske, James, Khanna, Gaurav and Nyshadham, Anant (2021) Resources, conflict, and economic development in Africa. Journal of Development Economics, 149 . 102598. doi:10.1016/j.jdeveco.2020.102598 ISSN 0304-3878.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2020.102598
Abstract
Evidence suggests that natural resources have driven conflict and underdevelopment in modern Africa. We show that this relationship exists primarily when neighboring regions are resource-rich. When neighbors are resource-poor, own resources instead drive economic growth. To motivate the empirical study of this set of facts, we present a simple model of parties engaged in potential conflict over resources, revealing that economic prosperity is a function of equilibrium conflict prevalence, determined not just by a region's own resources but also by the resources of its neighbors. Structural estimates confirm the model's predictions, and reveal that conflict equilibria are more prevalent where institutional quality is worse.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics | ||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Economic development -- Africa -- 21st century, Africa -- Economic aspects, Natural resources -- Africa | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Development Economics | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Elsevier | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 0304-3878 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | March 2021 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 149 | ||||||||
| Article Number: | 102598 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2020.102598 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 18 December 2020 | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 24 December 2022 |
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