May 12, 2003 - The end of the Cold War ushered the world into an era of relative global stability, yet peace did not come with it. Civil wars proliferated indiscriminately throughout countries, threatening national and regional stability and diverting international attention and scarce resources away from pressing development problems. Accusatory fingers have tended to point towards ethnic tensions, ancient political feuds and the destructive remains of colonialism. But a groundbreaking new study on civil war from the World Bank lifts the curtain on the true culprits.
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