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The Fiscal Dimensions of Conflict and Reconstruction

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  • Tony Addison
  • Mansoob Murshed

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Political violence, coup d'état, civil wars and inter-state wars, all have fiscal dimensions (and sometimes fiscal causes). Who gets what—public employment and public spending—and who has to pay for it, are questions that raise fundamental issues about the distribution of society's resources. These can only be resolved peacefully by some form of social contract, resting on the foundation of effective fiscal institutions (systems of public spending and taxation). Accordingly, the paper contrasts the evolution of fiscal institutions in stable and unstable societies.

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  • Tony Addison & Mansoob Murshed, 2001. "The Fiscal Dimensions of Conflict and Reconstruction," WIDER Working Paper Series DP2001-49, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
    • Handle: RePEc:unu:wpaper:dp2001-49
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    1. Tony Addison, 2005. "Post-Conflict Recovery: Does the Global Economy Work for Peace?," WIDER Working Paper Series DP2005-05, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
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    3. Rasmus Heltberg & Kenneth Simler & Finn Tarp, 2001. "Public Spending and Poverty in Mozambique," WIDER Working Paper Series DP2001-63, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
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    6. Tony Addison & Aminur Rahman, 2001. "Why is so Little Spent on Educating the Poor?," WIDER Working Paper Series DP2001-29, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
    7. Mark McGillivray & Oliver Morrissey, 2001. "Fiscal Effects of Aid," WIDER Working Paper Series DP2001-61, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
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    13. Mr. Benedict J. Clements & Mr. Sanjeev Gupta & Shamit Chakravarti & Ms. Rina Bhattacharya, 2002. "Fiscal Consequences of Armed Conflict and Terrorism in Low- and Middle-Income Countries," IMF Working Papers 2002/142, International Monetary Fund.
    14. Ghassan Dibeh, 2005. "The Political Economy of Postwar Reconstruction in Lebanon," WIDER Working Paper Series RP2005-44, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
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    17. Stijn van Weezel, 2017. "Mostly Harmless? A Subnational Analysis of the Aid-Conflict Nexus," Working Papers 201728, School of Economics, University College Dublin.

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