Spotlight on Theory: Can War Be Good for Development?

We see it on the news almost everyday—people starving, people fleeing and, more often than not, this suffering and destruction is caused by an armed conflict. War is widely recognized as a great obstacle to development as it destroys infrastructure,

/ Conflict, Development Theory, Roving Bandit, War

Spotlight on Theory: Can War Be Good for Development?

We see it on the news almost everyday—people starving, people fleeing and, more often than not, this suffering and destruction is caused by an armed conflict. War is widely recognized as a great obstacle to development as it destroys infrastructure,

/ August 9, 2012 / One Comment