%0 Unpublished Work
%9 AP : Autres productions
%A Calvo, T.
%A Lavallée, E.
%A Razafindrakoto, Mireille
%A Roubaud, François
%T Fear not for man ? Armed conflict and social capital in Mali
%C Paris
%D 2019
%L fdi:010077605
%G ENG
%I DIAL
%K ECONOMIE POLITIQUE ; CONFLIT POLITIQUE ; GUERRE ; COMPORTEMENT SOCIAL ; ORGANISATION SOCIALE ; VIE ASSOCIATIVE ; PARTICIPATION POPULAIRE ; OBSTACLE AU DEVELOPPEMENT ; ENQUETE
%K CAPITAL SOCIAL
%K MALI
%N DT/2019-10
%P 42  multigr.
%U https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010077605
%> https://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/divers20-02/010077605.pdf
%W Horizon (IRD)
%X This paper studies the effects of armed conflict on social capital in Mali, where a violent conflict has been raging since 2012. We examine the conflict's impacts on associational membership using event location data and unique survey data on governance, peace and security (GPS-SHaSA). We show that, in conflict-exposed areas, adult involvement in associations increases from 7 to 14 percentage points. Instrumental variable and difference-in-differences strategies complementary mitigate reverse causation and omitted variable biases as estimated results remain very consistent. Robust estimations constrained to non-migrants samples also rule out selection into migration. Yet this result, consistent with the argument that armed conflict cultivates social engagement, is not a positive outcome in the case of Mali. The increase is observed solely for family and political associations, which are comparatively inward-looking and act as interest groups. We interpret this finding as a form of withdrawal behind group or community boundaries, an interpretation supported by further analysis of interpersonal trust. This sort of withdrawal may exacerbate ethnic divisions and deepen the conflict.
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