International | Conflict and poverty
The economics of violence
Are countries poor because they are violent or violent because they are poor?
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YESTERDAY it was Afghanistan and Congo. Today it is Côte d'Ivoire and Libya. Violence, it seems, is always with us, like poverty. And that might seem all there is to be said: violence is bad, it is worse in poor countries and it makes them poorer.
This article appeared in the International section of the print edition under the headline "The economics of violence"
International April 16th 2011
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