War, Hunger, and Displacement: An Econometric Investigation into the Sources of Humanitarian Emergencies

Wayne Nafziger and Juha Auvinen

No wp-1997-142, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: This paper uses econometric methods and case-study evidence to examine the political economy of complex humanitarian emergencies, multidimensional crises characterized by warfare, state violence, disease, hunger, and displacement. We emphasize that economic variables often become salient through relative deprivation, the actors' perception of social injustice from a growing discrepancy between goods and conditions they expect and those they can get or keep.

Keywords: Agriculture; Conflict management; Income distribution; Poverty; War (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1997
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