The spoils of nature: Armed civil conflict and rebel access to natural resources

@article{Lujala2010TheSO,  title={The spoils of nature: Armed civil conflict and rebel access to natural resources},  author={P{\"a}ivi Lujala},  journal={Journal of Peace Research},  year={2010},  volume={47},  pages={15 - 28},  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:111088968}}
  • Päivi Lujala
  • Published1 January 2010
  • Political Science, Environmental Science
  • Journal of Peace Research
Why is armed civil conflict more common in resource-dependent countries than in others? Several studies have attempted to unravel mechanisms on why natural resources are linked to armed conflict, but no coherent picture has yet emerged. This article seeks to address this puzzle by concentrating on the issue of how rebel access to natural resources affects conflict. It uses data on gemstone and hydrocarbon localities throughout the world and controls for the spatial and temporal overlap of… 

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