Understanding Variations in Local Conflict: Evidence and Implications from Indonesia

World Development

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 698-713

  Barron, Patrick ^a   Kaiser, Kai ^b   Pradhan, Menno ^c  

^a WORLD BANK   (Indonesia)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Asia; conflict; ethnicity; Indonesia; poverty; violence

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ETHNIC CONFLICT; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; POVERTY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VIOLENCE;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDONESIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 59649085979     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2008.08.007     Document Type: Article

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