Quid pro quo: how the wartime economy shapes the violent contestation of the state after war

Laura Saavedra-Lux

No wp-2024-45, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: Why do some conflict-affected areas remain an arena of violent contestation of the state, while others transition to peace? I suggest that economic networks developed during intrastate conflict—i.e. wartime economies—give rise to continued pockets of insecurity. The significance of the wartime economy for local livelihoods sustains an interdependence between rebels and communities that permits rebels to remain locally embedded as they protect resource extraction and trade.

Keywords: Post-conflict; Violence; Statebuilding; Drug trafficking; Instrumental variable (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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