Poverty, Social Divisions, and Conflict in Nepal

The authors conduct an econometric analysis of the economic and social factors which contributed to the spread of violent conflict in Nepal. They find that conflict intensity is significantly higher in places with greater poverty and lower levels of economic development. Violence is higher in locations that favor insurgents, such as mountains and forests. The authors find weaker evidence that caste divisions in society are correlated with the intensity of civil conflict, while linguistic diversity has little impact.

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Main Authors: Do, Quy-Toan, Iyer, Lakshmi
Format: Policy Research Working Paper biblioteca
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2007-05
Subjects:ARMED CONFLICT, ARMY, ARREST, CHANCES OF CONFLICT, CIVIL CONFLICT, CIVIL CONFLICTS, CIVIL LIBERTIES, CIVIL WAR, CIVIL WARS, COLLATERAL DAMAGE, CONFLICTS, COSTS OF CONFLICT, DEMOCRACY, DISCRIMINATION, DRUGS, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES, ECONOMIC PROGRESS, ELECTIONS, EQUAL RIGHTS, EQUAL RIGHTS FOR WOMEN, EQUAL TREATMENT, ETHNIC CONFLICTS, ETHNIC DIVISIONS, ETHNIC GROUP, ETHNIC GROUPS, ETHNIC MINORITIES, ETHNIC POLARIZATION, FEMALE LITERACY, FOREST COVER, GENDER DIFFERENCES, GOVERNMENT REPRESSION, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, HUMAN RIGHTS, INCOME, INEQUALITY, INFANT, INFANT MORTALITY, INFANT MORTALITY RATES, INTENSITY OF CONFLICT, JOURNAL OF CONFLICT RESOLUTION, LIFE EXPECTANCY, LINGUISTIC FRACTIONALIZATION, LITERACY RATES, LIVING STANDARDS, LOCAL CONFLICT, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, LOCAL POPULATION, MEASURE OF POLARIZATION, MEASUREMENT OF POLARIZATION, MEASURES, MIGRATION, MILLION PEOPLE, NATURAL RESOURCE, NATURAL RESOURCES, NUMBER OF DEATHS, NUMBER OF PEOPLE, OPPORTUNITY COST, PEACE, POLARIZATION MEASURE, POLICY RESEARCH, POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER, POLITICAL ACTIVISTS, POLITICAL CONFLICT, POLITICAL ECONOMY, POLITICAL INSTABILITY, POLITICAL PARTIES, POLITICAL UNREST, POLITICAL VIOLENCE, POOR, POOR PEOPLE, POORER PEOPLE, POPULATION CENSUS, POPULATION CENSUSES, POVERTY, POVERTY MEASURES, PROGRESS, REBEL FORCES, REBEL MOVEMENT, REBEL RECRUITMENT, REMITTANCES, ROLE OF POVERTY, RURAL AREAS, SOCIAL DIVERSITY, SOCIAL FACTORS, SOCIAL POLARIZATION, SOCIAL UNREST, SPILLOVER, TERRORIST, URBAN AREAS, URBANIZATION, VIOLENT CONFLICT, WARFARE, WARS, WORKFORCE,
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/05/7581269/poverty-social-divisions-conflict-nepal
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7074
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