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Aiding Conflict: The Impact of U.S. Food Aid on Civil War

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  • Nathan Nunn

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This paper examines the effect of U.S. food aid on conflict in recipient countries (these include Asian countries like Afghanistan, Sri Lanka). To establish a causal relationship, time variation in food aid is exploited which is caused by fluctuations in U.S. wheat production together with cross-sectional variation in a country's tendency to receive any food aid from the United States. [BREAD Working Paper No. 320]. URL:[http://ipl.econ.duke.edu/bread/papers/working/320.pdf].

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Keywords: Civil War; Conflict; Food Aid; Humanitarian Assistance; United States; food aid; Afghanistan; Sri Lanka; Somalia; Rwanda; recipients; government; logistical support system; Sudan; Liberia; wheat producers; OLS estimates;

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