The Political Economy of Complex Humanitarian Emergencies: Lessons from El Salvador

M Pastor and J-K Boyce

Research Paper from World Institute for Development Economics Research

Abstract: This paper develops and tests five hypotheses regarding the economic causes of complex humanitarian emergencies (CHEs). The civil wars of the 1980s in the Central American countries of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Nicaragua provide evidence in support of each of these hypotheses.

Keywords: FOREIGN AID; EL SALVADOR (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F35 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 44 pages
Date: 1997
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