Frances Stewart is Director, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford, and Professor of Development Economics and Fellow of Somerville College, University of OxfordValpy Fitzgerald is Director, Finance Trade and Policy Centre, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford

The major contribution of War and Underdevelopment lies in the light that it sheds on the workings of economies during war ... an intellectually challenging read ... There is clearly much to be digested not just by fellow academics but, above all, by development agencies and foreign ministries in donor countries.

• 1. Introduction: Assessing the Economic Costs of War ; 2. Paying for the War: Economic Policy in Poor Countries ; 3. The Political Economy of War ; 4. Internal Wars: An Empirical Overview of the Economic and Social Consequences ; 5. Overview of Case Studies ; 6. The Treatment of Children during Conflict ; 7. Food Aid during Civil War: Conflicting Conclusions Derived from Alternative Approaches ; 8. Vulnerable Economies and the International Political Economy of Conflict ; 9. The Costs of War in Poor Countries: Conclusions and Policy Recommendations

Frances Stewart is Director, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford, and Professor of Development Economics and Fellow of Somerville College, University of OxfordValpy Fitzgerald is Director, Finance Trade and Policy Centre, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford

The major contribution of War and Underdevelopment lies in the light that it sheds on the workings of economies during war ... an intellectually challenging read ... There is clearly much to be digested not just by fellow academics but, above all, by development agencies and foreign ministries in donor countries.

• 1. Introduction: Assessing the Economic Costs of War ; 2. Paying for the War: Economic Policy in Poor Countries ; 3. The Political Economy of War ; 4. Internal Wars: An Empirical Overview of the Economic and Social Consequences ; 5. Overview of Case Studies ; 6. The Treatment of Children during Conflict ; 7. Food Aid during Civil War: Conflicting Conclusions Derived from Alternative Approaches ; 8. Vulnerable Economies and the International Political Economy of Conflict ; 9. The Costs of War in Poor Countries: Conclusions and Policy Recommendations

Frances Stewart is Director, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford, and Professor of Development Economics and Fellow of Somerville College, University of OxfordValpy Fitzgerald is Director, Finance Trade and Policy Centre, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford

The major contribution of War and Underdevelopment lies in the light that it sheds on the workings of economies during war ... an intellectually challenging read ... There is clearly much to be digested not just by fellow academics but, above all, by development agencies and foreign ministries in donor countries.

• 1. Introduction: Assessing the Economic Costs of War ; 2. Paying for the War: Economic Policy in Poor Countries ; 3. The Political Economy of War ; 4. Internal Wars: An Empirical Overview of the Economic and Social Consequences ; 5. Overview of Case Studies ; 6. The Treatment of Children during Conflict ; 7. Food Aid during Civil War: Conflicting Conclusions Derived from Alternative Approaches ; 8. Vulnerable Economies and the International Political Economy of Conflict ; 9. The Costs of War in Poor Countries: Conclusions and Policy Recommendations