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The Political Economy of Complex Humanitarian Emergencies: Lessons from El Salvador

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  • Manuel Pastor
  • James Boyce

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This paper develops and tests five hypotheses regarding the economic causes of complex humanitarian emergencies (CHEs).

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  • Manuel Pastor & James Boyce, 1997. "The Political Economy of Complex Humanitarian Emergencies: Lessons from El Salvador," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-1997-131, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
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