The Economic and Social Costs of Armed Conflict in El Salvador

This note puts figures behind the notion of poverty resulting from war. Using simulation models, the author estimates the economic and social costs of the El Salvadorian conflict. The calculations suggest that had conflict been avoided, income per capita would have been almost the double of its actual value in 2002, the poverty rate lower by 15 percentage points, and Millenium Development Goals (MDG) indicators substantially better.

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Main Author: Lopez, Humberto
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2003-01
Subjects:CIVIL WAR, COUNTRY SPECIFIC, CROSS COUNTRY, DEMOCRACY, DEPENDENT VARIABLE, DEVELOPMENT GOALS, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC LITERATURE, EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE, EXPLANATORY VARIABLES, GDP, GLOBAL ECONOMY, GROWTH RATE, GROWTH RATES, HEADCOUNT POVERTY, HEALTH INDICATORS, HEALTH SECTOR, ILLITERACY, INCOME, INCOME LEVEL, INCOME LEVELS, INEQUALITY, INFANT MORTALITY, INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY, INTERVENTION, LABOR MARKETS, LAND INEQUALITY, MACROECONOMIC POLICIES, MALNUTRITION, MEAN INCOME, NEGATIVE EFFECT, NEGATIVE IMPACT, PER CAPITA INCOME, POLITICAL SYSTEM, POVERTY HEADCOUNT, POVERTY LEVELS, POVERTY RATE, POVERTY RATES, POVERTY REDUCTION, PRIMARY EDUCATION, PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE, REAL PER CAPITA INCOME, SIGNIFICANT EFFECT, SIGNIFICANT IMPACT, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL WELFARE, TELEPHONE LINES, TELEPHONES, TERTIARY EDUCATION, URBANIZATION, VIOLENCE, WELL BEING ARMED CONFLICTS, POST-CONFLICT RECONSTRUCTION, GUERILLA WARFARE, PARAMILITARY GROUPS, COUNTERINSURGENCY, PEACE AGREEMENTS, SOCIAL COSTS, ECONOMIC LOSS, PER CAPITA GNP, POVERTY ANALYSIS, WAR DAMAGE, POVERTY ISSUES,
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/01/2166836/economic-social-costs-armed-conflict-el-salvador
https://hdl.handle.net/10986/11326
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