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Does violent conflict make chronic poverty more likely? the Mindanao experience

Philippine Review of Economics

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Title Does violent conflict make chronic poverty more likely? the Mindanao experience
 
Creator Malapit, Hazel Jean L.; University of the Philippines School of Economics
Clemente, Tina S.; University of the Philippines School of Economics
Yunzal, Cristina; Baruch College and Graduate Center, City University of New York
 
Subject Chronic poverty; violent conflict; civil war; Mindanao
 
Description This paper investigates whether provinces with violent conflict are more likely to experience higher rates of chronic poverty. Following the findings that education and health outcomes are key determinants of chronic poverty, the Human Development Index (HDI) and the Quality of Life Index (QLI) are used as proxy variables for chronic poverty. T-tests of means for HDI and QLI are performed, comparing provinces with conflict and provinces without conflict. Results show that provinces experiencing conflict have significantly lower HDI outcomes relative to provinces that did not experience conflict. Pooled results for the QLI also show a statistically significant difference between the means of provinces with and without conflict. JEL classification: I31, I38
 
Publisher Philippine Review of Economics
 
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Date 2010-09-03
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://www.econ.upd.edu.ph/pre/index.php/pre/article/view/20
 
Source Philippine Review of Economics; Vol 40, No 2 (2003)
1655-1516
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://www.econ.upd.edu.ph/pre/index.php/pre/article/view/20/570
 
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