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About HiCN
Violent conflicts are a substantial barrier to economic development. Almost one third of the world's population lives in conflict-affected low income countries. Yet little is known about the effects of conflict on household behaviour, household welfare and poverty. The Households in Conflict Network (HiCN) brings together researchers interested in the micro level analysis of the relationship between violent conflict and household welfare.
The purpose of the HiCN is to undertake collaborative research into the causes and effects of violent conflict at the household level. In particular, the researchers affiliated to the Network are committed to:
- characterise various forms of conflict from a household level perspective;
- identify channels through which households are affected by conflict-induced shocks;
- quantify the impact of conflict at the household level, such as the loss of household members, livestock and land;
- analyse the feedback mechanism from household welfare to violent conflict, such as the effects of inequality and poverty on the incidence of conflict;
- develop methods best suited to analyse the impact of conflict on household welfare;
- derive policy recommendations based on research findings for supporting households and communities affected by conflict.
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The HiCN is funded by The Leverhulme Trust and supported by the Institute of Development Studies at Sussex, the German Institute for Economic Research in Berlin and the University of Antwerp.
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Research highlights...
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Download the latest HiCN Research Design Notes:
HiCN RDN13 'Identifying Conflict and its Effects Using Micro-Level Surveys' (Bozzoli, C. and Brück, T.)
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HiCN WP72 'The Industrial Organization of Rebellion: The Logic of Forced Labor and Child Soldiering' (Beber, B. and Blattman, C.) uses interviews and surveys of the Lord's Resistance Army to see which mechanisms dominate in the recruitment of child soldiers.
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HiCN WP71 'Does Conflict affect Preferences? Results from Field Experiments in Burundi' (Voors, M., Nillesen, E., Verwimp, P., Bulte, E., Lensink, R. and van Soest, D.) uses experimental data from 35 randomly selected communities in Burundi to examine the impact of exposure to conflict on social-, risk- and time preferences.
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HiCN WP70 'Civil War and the Welfare of Extended Households: Evidence from Longitudinal Data from Burundi' (Verwimp, P. and Bundervoet, T.) uses new panel data for Burundi to analyse the effect of violence and rebellion on the evolution of household welfare.
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MICROCON A Micro Level Analysis of Violent Conflict is a 5 year European Commission funded project, which takes a micro level, mulitdisciplinary approach to studying the cycle of conflict.
www.microconflict.eu
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