ethnic conflict

Many poor, ethnically divided societies are caught in an ‘ethnic growth trap’, where conflict, low public investment, and political economy dynamics reinforce each other, hindering development. Historical examples reveal that inter-ethnic economic co...

How does cultural distance affect the prevalence of ethnic civil conflict and conflict-related sexual violence?

The effect of colonisation on Africa’s modernisation is a highly contentious and emotional debate. The reality is trickier than you think.

The economic and political consequences of the partition of the Indian subcontinent in 1947

There is a lively debate about the role of inequality as a trigger of ethnic conflicts. This column reports groundbreaking research into the effect of the amount of regional rainfall on crops, which is used to measure inequality between ethnic groups...