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Financing Resources for Reconstruction in Severely Conflict-affected Countries

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  • Al-Asadi Mohammad

    (Institute of Development Research and Development Policy, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany)

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Countries emerging from armed conflict face tremendous challenges in restoring peace and development. One of the most serious challenges in this regard is mobilizing adequate resources for financing the reconstruction process. In many post-conflict countries, the resort to external financing resources becomes inevitable. This paper aims to understand how conflict intensity shapes the financing modalities in the post-conflict phase. The study uses statistical inference to compare the differences in key financing resources between two groups of post-conflict developing countries with different conflict intensity. The results show that countries severely affected by the conflict rely more heavily on external financing resources compared to countries moderately affected by the conflict. In particular, foreign aid, foreign investments, and external debt were significantly higher in the severely affected countries relative to moderately affected ones. The differences in most external financing resources between the two groups become more obvious when accounting for major income categories differences. The results were robust for different levels of conflict severity.

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  • Al-Asadi Mohammad, 2021. "Financing Resources for Reconstruction in Severely Conflict-affected Countries," Review of Middle East Economics and Finance, De Gruyter, vol. 17(1), pages 1-25, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:bpj:rmeecf:v:17:y:2021:i:1:p:1-25:n:3
    DOI: 10.1515/rmeef-2020-0025
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