We model intergroup conflict driven by economic changes within groups. We show that if
group incomes are low, increasing group incomes raises violence against that group and …

The articles presented in this Special Issue draw on five years of research by the Cities and
Fragile States programme of the Crisis States Research Centre, based at the London School …

This report sums up six years of research by the Crisis States Research Centre. Authors
James Putzel and Jonathan Di John underline the fact that aid and other forms of external …

This output is one of two integrative papers that synthesise the work done during Phase Two
of the Crisis States programme under the theme of" Cities and Fragile States". Working …

The paper has five main aims. First, it will identify how patterns of taxation contribute to state
capacity, and in particular how taxation can be a useful indicator of identifying the extent to …

In the mid-1990s the journal International Security hosted a famous debate on the impact of
international institutions on peace and stability. The debate, which frames the current article …

The paper presents a wide range of data on Mozambique and examines what this shows
about changes to poverty and income levels over the past decade. The authors point to the …

The Ugandan capital, Kampala, increasingly appears to be a city in a crisis. Constant
political interventions from the central government have repeatedly frustrated efforts towards …

The book explores how Muslims in Mumbai and Ahmedabad coped with the aftermath of the
violence directed against them in 1993 and 2002 respectively, and how they responded to …

Karachi is not only the largest metropolis of Pakistan and its commercial hub, it is also
known as a 'mini-Pakistan'. This is a reference to the ethnic and religious diversity of …