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Published on Sunday, May 2, 2010 | Updated on Wednesday, January 7, 2015

International Commodities Prices, Growth and the Outbreak of Civil War in Sub-Saharan Africa

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Summary

To learn more about the effect of economic conditions on civil war, we examine whether Sub-Saharan civil wars are more likely to start following downturns in the international price of countries’ main export commodities.