Spending to save? The cost-effectiveness of conflict prevention

Defence and Peace Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-23

  Chalmers, Malcolm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Civil war; Conflict; Conflict prevention; Costs of conflict; Fragile states

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847143700     PISSN: 10242694     EISSN: 14768267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10242690600821693     Document Type: Article

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