Vulnerability to climate change and communal conflicts: evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa and South/South-East Asia
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Keywords
communal violence; vulnerability; climate change; conflicts; Africa; Asia;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D74 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Conflict; Conflict Resolution; Alliances; Revolutions
- O13 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Agriculture; Natural Resources; Environment; Other Primary Products
- Q54 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Climate; Natural Disasters and their Management; Global Warming
- Q56 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environment and Development; Environment and Trade; Sustainability; Environmental Accounts and Accounting; Environmental Equity; Population Growth
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AGR-2021-12-20 (Agricultural Economics)
- NEP-DEV-2021-12-20 (Development)
- NEP-ENV-2021-12-20 (Environmental Economics)
- NEP-SEA-2021-12-20 (South East Asia)
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