Internal Conflicts

Internal Conflicts and Shocks. A Narrative Meta-Analysis

Citation: Laville,Camille; Mandon, Pierre Jean-Claude. Internal Conflicts and Shocks. A Narrative Meta-Analysis. Policy Research working paper; no. WPS 10315 Washington, D.C.: World Bank Group. Do income shocks locally affect internal conflicts?

Camille Laville & Pierre Mandon

Keep Off the Grass: Grassland Scarcity and the Security Implications of Cross-Border Transhumance Between Niger and Nigeria

In 2018, 1,300 people were killed and 300,000 displaced as a result of herder-farmer conflicts in Nigeria. These tensions threaten the already weakened security, economic development and food security in Western Africa.

Camille Laville

Religious Authorities, Peace, and Political Conflict: Assessing the Impacts of Pope John Paul II's International Travels

Between 1978 and 2005, Pope John Paul II traveled to 102 developing countries with the aim, inter alia, of promoting interreligious peace to populations and policy makers. Despite an increasing involvement of religious leaders in peace-building activities, concerns rise on the propensity of religious issues to be locally exploited for political interests.

Camille Laville