Causes and Consequences of Civil Strife : Micro-Level Evidence from Uganda

Deininger, Klaus

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: AGGREGATE LEVEL;    ASSETS;    AVAILABLE DATA;    BASIC;    CAPITAL FORMATION;   

DOI  :  10.1596/1813-9450-3045
RP-ID  :  WPS3045

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

To bridge the gap between case studiesand highly aggregate cross-country analyses of civil unrest,the author uses data from Uganda to explore determinants ofcivil strife (as contrasted to theft and physical violence)at the community level, as well as the potentiallydifferential impact of these variables on investment andnonagricultural enterprise formation at the household level.He finds that distance from infrastructure (a proxy forscarcity of economic opportunities and governmentinvestment), asset inequality (social tension), the presenceof cash crops (expropriable wealth), and lower levels ofhuman capital (ability to take advantage of opportunities inthe "regular" economy) all increase the propensityfor civil strife. Furthermore, civil strife, in markedcontrast to violence and theft, reduces investment andnonagricultural enterprise start-ups.