Extreme weather and civil war in Somalia: Does drought fuel conflict through livestock price shocks?

Climate change leads to more frequent and more intense droughts in Somalia. In a global context, weather shocks have been found to perpetuate poverty and fuel civil conflict. By relating regional and temporal variations in violent conflict outbreaks with drought incidence and severity, we show that...

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Main Authors: Maystadt, Jean-François, Ecker, Olivier, Mabiso, Athur
Format: Artículo preliminar
Language:Inglés
Published: International Food Policy Research Institute 2013
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153397
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author Maystadt, Jean-François
Ecker, Olivier
Mabiso, Athur
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description Climate change leads to more frequent and more intense droughts in Somalia. In a global context, weather shocks have been found to perpetuate poverty and fuel civil conflict. By relating regional and temporal variations in violent conflict outbreaks with drought incidence and severity, we show that this causality is valid also for Somalia at the local level. We find that livestock price shocks drive drought-induced conflicts through reducing the opportunity costs of conflict participation.
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spelling CGSpace1533972025-11-06T07:21:34Z Extreme weather and civil war in Somalia: Does drought fuel conflict through livestock price shocks? Maystadt, Jean-François Ecker, Olivier Mabiso, Athur civil war climate change conflict drought livestock prices weather resilience armed conflicts shock Climate change leads to more frequent and more intense droughts in Somalia. In a global context, weather shocks have been found to perpetuate poverty and fuel civil conflict. By relating regional and temporal variations in violent conflict outbreaks with drought incidence and severity, we show that this causality is valid also for Somalia at the local level. We find that livestock price shocks drive drought-induced conflicts through reducing the opportunity costs of conflict participation. 2013 2024-10-01T13:56:05Z 2024-10-01T13:56:05Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153397 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Maystadt, Jean-Francois; Ecker, Olivier and Mabiso, Athur. 2013. Extreme weather and civil war in Somalia: Does drought fuel conflict through livestock price shocks? IFPRI Discussion Paper 1243 Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153397
spellingShingle civil war
climate change
conflict
drought
livestock
prices
weather
resilience
armed conflicts
shock
Maystadt, Jean-François
Ecker, Olivier
Mabiso, Athur
Extreme weather and civil war in Somalia: Does drought fuel conflict through livestock price shocks?
title Extreme weather and civil war in Somalia: Does drought fuel conflict through livestock price shocks?
title_full Extreme weather and civil war in Somalia: Does drought fuel conflict through livestock price shocks?
title_fullStr Extreme weather and civil war in Somalia: Does drought fuel conflict through livestock price shocks?
title_full_unstemmed Extreme weather and civil war in Somalia: Does drought fuel conflict through livestock price shocks?
title_short Extreme weather and civil war in Somalia: Does drought fuel conflict through livestock price shocks?
title_sort extreme weather and civil war in somalia does drought fuel conflict through livestock price shocks
topic civil war
climate change
conflict
drought
livestock
prices
weather
resilience
armed conflicts
shock
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153397
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