Paul Collier

University of Oxford - Blavatnik School of Government

10 Merton St

Oxford, Oxfordshire OX1 4JJ

United Kingdom

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Scholarly Papers (32)

1.

Greed and Grievance in Civil War

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Paul Collier and Anke Hoeffler
University of Oxford - Blavatnik School of Government and University of Oxford - Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE)
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Commodity Prices, Growth, and the Natural Resource Curse: Reconciling a Conundrum

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 16 Sep 2009
Paul Collier and Benedikt Goderis
University of Oxford - Blavatnik School of Government and The Netherlands Institute for Social Research|SCP
Downloads 2,540 (11,551)
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commodity prices, natural resource curse, growth

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Aid Allocation and Poverty Reduction

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
David Dollar and Paul Collier
World Bank - Development Economics Group (DEC) and University of Oxford - Blavatnik School of Government
Downloads 1,097 (41,838)
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Military Expenditure: Threats, Aid, and Arms Races

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Paul Collier and Anke Hoeffler
University of Oxford - Blavatnik School of Government and University of Oxford - Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE)
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Aid, Shocks, and Growth

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Paul Collier and Jan Dehn
University of Oxford - Blavatnik School of Government and Centre for the Study of African Economoies, University of Oxford
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Aid, Policy, and Growth in Post-Conflict Societies

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Paul Collier and Anke Hoeffler
University of Oxford - Blavatnik School of Government and University of Oxford - Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE)
Downloads 597 (94,860)
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On the Duration of Civil War

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Paul Collier, Anke Hoeffler and Måns Söderbom
University of Oxford - Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford - Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE) and University of Oxford - Department of Economics
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What Explains Aid Project Success in Post-Conflict Situations?

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 5418
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Université Paris Dauphine, University of Oxford - Blavatnik School of Government and The World Bank
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Post Conflict Reconstruction, Post Conflict Reintegration, Social Conflict and Violence, Peace & Peacekeeping, Housing & Human Habitats

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Can the World Cut Poverty in Half? How Policy Reform and Effective Aid Can Meet International Development Goals

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
David Dollar and Paul Collier
World Bank - Development Economics Group (DEC) and University of Oxford - Blavatnik School of Government
Downloads 382 (161,186)
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Housing and Urbanization in Africa: Unleashing a Formal Market Process

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6871
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Paul Collier and Anthony J. Venables
University of Oxford - Blavatnik School of Government and University of Oxford
Downloads 367 (168,606)
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Housing & Human Habitats, Public Sector Economics, Debt Markets, Access to Finance, Urban Housing

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Some Economic Consequences of the Transition from Civil War to Peace

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 1392
Number of pages: 150 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
University of Toulouse I - Advanced Research in Quantitative Applied Development Economics (ARQADE), University of Oxford - Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford, University of Oxford - Department of Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, School of Business and Economics and World Bank
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Debt Markets, Emerging Markets, Economic Theory & Research, Investment and Investment Climate

Is Information Power? Using Mobile Phones and Free Newspapers During an Election in Mozambique

Center for Global Development Working Paper No. 328
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 08 Dec 2013
Jenny C. Aker, Paul Collier and Pedro C. Vicente
Tufts University - The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, University of Oxford - Blavatnik School of Government and Nova School of Business and Economics
Downloads 139 (428,478)
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voter education, political economy, cell phones, newspapers, randomized experiment, field experiment, Mozambique, Africa

Is Information Power? Using Mobile Phones and Free Newspapers During an Election in Mozambique

NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series No. 1304
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 25 Jan 2014
Jenny C. Aker, Paul Collier and Pedro C. Vicente
Tufts University - The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, University of Oxford - Blavatnik School of Government and Nova School of Business and Economics
Downloads 100 (552,921)
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voter education, political economy, cell phones, newspapers, randomized experiment, field experiment, Mozambique, Africa

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Flight Capital as a Portfolio Choice

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
University of Oxford - Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford - Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE) and International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Division
Downloads 233 (270,324)
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The Cost of Road Infrastructure in Low and Middle Income Countries

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 7408
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
University of Oxford - Blavatnik School of Government, Columbia University and University of Gothenburg
Downloads 179 (345,848)
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Infrastructure Economics, Infrastructure Finance, Infrastructure Regulation, Infrastructure and Law

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Prospects for Commodity Exporters: Hunky Dory or Humpty Dumpty?

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 15 Sep 2009
Paul Collier and Benedikt Goderis
University of Oxford - Blavatnik School of Government and The Netherlands Institute for Social Research|SCP
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commodity prices, natural resource curse, growth

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Risk Sharing in Labour Markets

Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper No. 03-077/2
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 18 Nov 2003
University of Gothenburg, University of Oxford - Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford - Department of Economics, Stanford University - Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, HEC Montreal, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, School of Business and Economics, Centre for Policy Analysis (CEPA), Vrije Universiteit, International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Division, University of Oxford - Department of Economics, University of Oxford - Department of Economics and World Bank
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Flight Capital as a Portfolio Choice

IMF Working Paper No. 99/171
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 14 Feb 2006
University of Oxford - Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford - Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE) and International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Division
Downloads 155 (391,629)
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Capital flight, portfolio choice

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Pioneering Firms in Fragile and Conflict-Affected States: Why and How Development Finance Institutions Should Support Them

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 8774
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 26 Mar 2019
University of Oxford - Blavatnik School of Government, World Bank and Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD)
Downloads 152 (398,042)
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Inequality, Labor Markets, Access to Finance, Employment and Unemployment, Food & Beverage Industry, General Manufacturing, Pulp & Paper Industry, Common Carriers Industry, Construction Industry, Business Cycles and Stabilization Policies, Textiles, Apparel & Leather Industry, Plastics & Rubber Industry

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The Economic Legacy of Civil War: Firm Level Evidence from Sierra Leone

UNU-WIDER Working Paper No. 2010/90
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 10 Aug 2011
Paul Collier and Marguerite Duponchel
University of Oxford - Blavatnik School of Government and The World Bank
Downloads 108 (518,721)
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Sierra Leone, civil war, conflict, reconstruction, firm

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Does Aid Mitigate External Shocks?

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 16 Sep 2009
Paul Collier and Benedikt Goderis
University of Oxford - Blavatnik School of Government and The Netherlands Institute for Social Research|SCP
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Structural Policies for Shock-Prone Developing Countries

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 20 Dec 2009
Paul Collier and Benedikt Goderis
University of Oxford - Blavatnik School of Government and The Netherlands Institute for Social Research|SCP
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commodity price shocks, natural disasters, growth, policies

Structural Policies for Shock-Prone Developing Countries

Oxford Economic Papers, Vol. 61, Issue 4, pp. 703-726, 2009
Posted: 23 Sep 2009
Paul Collier and Benedikt Goderis
University of Oxford - Blavatnik School of Government and The Netherlands Institute for Social Research|SCP

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Land Deals in Africa: Pioneers and Speculators

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP8644
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 24 Nov 2011
Paul Collier and Anthony J. Venables
University of Oxford - Blavatnik School of Government and University of Oxford
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Africa, farmland, land deals, lease, rent

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Rethinking Trade Preferences: How Africa Can Diversify its Exports

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP6262
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 21 May 2008
Paul Collier and Anthony J. Venables
University of Oxford - Blavatnik School of Government and University of Oxford
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AGOA, EBA, export diversification, rules of origin, Trade preferences

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Illusory Revenues: Tariffs in Resource-Rich and Aid-Rich Economies

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP6729
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 11 Jun 2008
Anthony J. Venables and Paul Collier
University of Oxford and University of Oxford - Blavatnik School of Government
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Aid, import tariffs, natural resources

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Culture, Politics, and Economic Development

Annual Review of Political Science, Vol. 20, pp. 111-125, 2017
Posted: 15 May 2017
Paul Collier
University of Oxford - Blavatnik School of Government

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Investing in Africa's Infrastructure: Financing and Policy Options

Annual Review of Resource Economics, Vol. 7, Issue 1, pp. 473-493, 2015
Posted: 12 Oct 2015
Paul Collier and James Cust
University of Oxford - Blavatnik School of Government and University of Oxford - Oxford Centre for the Analysis of Resource Rich Economies (OXCarre)

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The Political Economy of State Failure

Oxford Review of Economic Policy, Vol. 25, No. 2, pp. 219-240, 2009
Posted: 15 Jul 2009
Paul Collier
University of Oxford - Blavatnik School of Government

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state failure, economic development, public goods, security, taxation, accountability, H29, H41, H56, O11

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Beyond Greed and Grievance: Feasibility and Civil War

Oxford Economic Papers, Vol. 61, Issue 1, pp. 1-27, 2009
Posted: 10 Dec 2008
Paul Collier, Anke Hoeffler and Dominic Rohner
University of Oxford - Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford - Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE) and University of Zurich

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Climate Change and Africa

Oxford Review of Economic Policy, Vol. 24, No. 2, pp. 337-353, 2008
Posted: 07 Nov 2008
Paul Collier, Gordon Conway and Tony Venables
University of Oxford - Blavatnik School of Government, Imperial College London and University of Oxford

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climate change, Africa, adaptation, mitigation, O1, O3, O55, Q54

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Postconflict Monetary Reconstruction

The World Bank Economic Review, Vol. 22, Issue 1, pp. 87-112, 2008
Posted: 16 Jun 2008
University of Oxford, University of Oxford - Blavatnik School of Government and African Development Bank

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H56, F35, O10

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African Growth: Why a 'Big Push'?

Journal of African Economies, Vol. 15, Issue 2, pp. 188-211, 2006
Posted: 29 Feb 2008
Paul Collier
University of Oxford - Blavatnik School of Government

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Ethnicity, Politics and Economic Performance

Posted: 11 Jun 2001
Paul Collier
University of Oxford - Blavatnik School of Government

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