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Natural resources and civil conflict: An overview of controversies, consensus, and channels

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  • Anouk S. Rigterink

    (London School of Economics)

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This article reviews the literature on the relationship between natural resource abundance and civil conflict, focusing on cross-country, quantitative research. It concludes that results on natural resources (as a single category) as a cause of conflict onset are quite unstable. A more robust relationship is found looking at specific resources, notably oil and diamonds. Resource abundance potentially increases conflict risk by providing revenue to warring parties, decreasing the cost of rebellion, increasing the ‘value' of winning the government or decreasing government quality and economic growth. However, there is little consensus on which (combination of) mechanism(s) is most important, even though this is the most interesting question for policy makers.

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  • Anouk S. Rigterink, 2010. "Natural resources and civil conflict: An overview of controversies, consensus, and channels," Economics of Peace and Security Journal, EPS Publishing, vol. 5(2), pages 17-22, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:epc:journl:v:5:y:2010:i:2:p:17-22
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    Cited by:

    1. J. Paul Dunne, 2017. "War, peace, and development," Economics of Peace and Security Journal, EPS Publishing, vol. 12(2), pages 21-31, October.
    2. Adedokun, Ayokunu, 2017. "Post-conflict peacebuilding: A critical survey of the literature and avenues for future research," MERIT Working Papers 2017-016, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT).
    3. Zenou, Yves & Amarasinghe, Ashani & Raschky, Paul & Zhou, Junjie, 2020. "Conflicts in Spatial Networks," CEPR Discussion Papers 14300, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.

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    Keywords

    Peace; security; natural resources;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • D74 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Conflict; Conflict Resolution; Alliances; Revolutions
    • H56 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - National Security and War
    • O1 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development

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