The Colombian government included gold mining as one of the drivers of development for
the period 2014–2018. Large-scale gold mining is expanding due mainly to international …

Despite being a core sector presenting lucrative growth and employment opportunities, the
mining sector continues to move at a slower pace in addressing the issue of violence …

While worldwide crime is declining overall, criminality in Latin America has reached
unprecedented levels that have ushered in social unrest and political turmoil. Despite major …

The effect of armed conflict on deforestation in biodiverse regions across Earth remains
poorly understood. Its association with factors like illegal crop cultivation can obscure its …

As peace consolidates in Colombia, can biodiversity survive development? We discuss
challenges and opportunities for integrating forest biodiversity conservation into developing …

The expansion of mining and conflict violence are closely related phenomena, but there is
widespread variation in the coercive responses state actors embrace to subdue resistance …

Small improvements in public goods and large increases in corruption are the commonly
found effects of government rents from natural resource extraction. These outcomes do not …

During the mid-1990s, one of the most ambitious land reforms in recent decades took place
in Colombia. The reform recognized collective land rights of almost 6 million hectares to Afro …

This paper investigates the link between violent crime and immigration using data from
Colombian municipalities during the recent episode of immigration from Venezuela. The key …

I estimate the local effects of gold mining on human capital accumulation in contexts where
small-scale and illegal mining is prevalent. Evidence is based on high-resolution imagery of …