Collier And Hoeffler Essay
Introduction
In a number of cases many African wars have been closely associated with economies relying on natural resource exploitation (see Table 1). The war economies sustaining belligerents depend on revenues from natural resources and reach a point at which economic rather than political motives become dominant. Thus, Collier and Hoeffler (1999) find that a relatively high dependence on “primary commodity” exports is strongly correlated, in a non-monotonic way, with the occurrence of war. Collier and Hoeffler (2000) emphasise that greed can often be disguised as grievance. This in turn produces greater grievances and fuels more conflict.
In a number of cases many African wars have been closely associated with economies relying on natural resource exploitation (see Table 1). The war economies sustaining belligerents depend on revenues from natural resources and reach a point at which economic rather than political motives become dominant. Thus, Collier and Hoeffler (1999) find that a relatively high dependence on “primary commodity” exports is strongly correlated, in a non-monotonic way, with the occurrence of war. Collier and Hoeffler (2000) emphasise that greed can often be disguised as grievance. This in turn produces greater grievances and fuels more conflict.