This paper examines how households trade off migration and savings when subject to exogenous violence. The authors propose that households under violence decide jointly on migration and saving, because...
Throughout the world, the brutality of war and conflict hardens hearts and silences voices. Its cruelty extinguishes dreams, shrinks souls, and steals from young and old alike the gift of hope and imagination...
Households in rural Colombia are confronted with a variety of violent threats: attacks and displacement threats by guerrillas and paramilitaries, gang violence among drug traffickers, and high common delinquency...
The question of how best to compensate veterans in the aftermath of war is one that is relevant to many developing countries. Civil wars and independence struggles often affect the poorest regions of the...
The overall outcome of the Magdalena Medio Regional Development Project is rated as highly satisfactory. The principal lessons identified include: 1) The participatory, operational model for promoting...