%0 Journal Article
%9 ACL : Articles dans des revues avec comité de lecture répertoriées par l'AERES
%A Calvo, T.
%A Lavallee, E.
%A Razafindrakoto, Mireille
%A Roubaud, François
%T Fear Not For Man ? Armed conflict and social capital in Mali
%D 2020
%L fdi:010078214
%G ENG
%J Journal of Comparative Economics
%@ 0147-5967
%K Social capital ; Conflict ; Participation ; Trust ; Mali
%K MALI
%M ISI:000540667100002
%N 2
%P 251-276
%R 10.1016/j.jce.2019.11.005
%U https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010078214
%> https://www.documentation.ird.fr/intranet/publi/2020/07/010078214.pdf
%V 48
%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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