War, Hunger, and Displacement: Analysis

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E. Wayne Nafziger, Frances Stewart, Raimo Väyrynen, Queen Elizabeth House, World Institute for Development Economics Research
Oxford University Press, 2000 - Business & Economics - 376 pages
Civil wars in developing countries are amongst the most significant sources of human suffering in the world today. Although there are many political analyses of these emergencies, this two-volume work is the first comprehensive study of the economic, social, and political roots of humanitarian emergencies, identifying early measures to prevent such disasters. Nafziger, Stewart, and Vayrynen draw on a wide range of specialists on the political economy of war and on major conflicts to show the causes of conflict. The first volume provides a general overview of the nature and causes of the emerge.