Drought and Civil War in Sub-Saharan Africa
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ID Serval
serval:BIB_63DA923B23D1
Type
Article: article d'un périodique ou d'un magazine.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Titre
Drought and Civil War in Sub-Saharan Africa
Périodique
The Economic Journal
ISSN
1468-0297
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
03/2014
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
124
Numéro
575
Pages
201-240
Langue
anglais
Résumé
We explore the relationship between drought and civil war. We show that the link between rainfall, temperature and civil war found in the literature may be driven by aggregate shocks (such as global climate) that were not accounted for. A standard differences-in-differences specification relying only on within country variation reveals a much weaker and insignificant link between weather variables and civil war. To increase statistical power, we propose a country-specific measure of drought that describes social exposure to water stress in a more efficient way than rainfall and temperature. We continue to find a weak positive link between drought and civil war.
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