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A Diamond Curse?: Civil War and a Lootable Resource

Lujala, Päivi, Gleditsch, Nils Petter, Gilmore, Elisabeth·2005·Journal of Conflict Resolution
DOI 10.1177/0022002705277548
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While territory, oil, and water are frequently mentioned as resources likely to promote interstate conflict, diamonds have emerged as a prominent factor in explanations of civil war. In this article, the authors report on a new database on diamond deposits and production and analyze the relationship between diamonds and armed conflict incidence. They find a strong bivariate relationship between diamonds (particularly secondary diamonds) and the onset of civil war. Adding diamond dummies to standard models of civil war, the results are more mixed. The production of secondary diamonds increases the risk of onset of ethnic war, but not other types of war. The authors find evidence that secondary diamonds are positively related to the incidence of civil war, especially in countries divided along ethnic lines. Primary diamonds, on the other hand, make ethnic war onset and incidence less likely. The authors also find that the impact of diamonds has been substantially stronger in the post-cold war era.

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  • In mineral-rich conflict-affected countries, securing control over resource deposits often becomes an end in itself, creating a distinct war economy that prolongs the fighting.

    “In mineral-rich conflict-affected countries, securing control over resource deposits (oil fields, artisanal gemstone mines) often becomes an end in itself, creating a distinct war economy that prolongs the fighting (134-136).”

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Authors
Lujala, P., Gleditsch, N. P., & Gilmore, E.
Affiliations
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NO)
ORCID
Venue
Journal of Conflict Resolution
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2005-08
Volume
49
Issue
4
Pages
538-562
ISSN
  • 0022-0027 (ISSN-L)
  • 1552-8766
DOI
10.1177/0022002705277548
OpenAlex
W1972474624
Cited by
476
References
49
Citations by year
2026: 8 · 2025: 16 · 2024: 12 · 2023: 17 · 2022: 13 · 2021: 17 · 2020: 28 · 2019: 22 · 2018: 23 · 2017: 15 · 2016: 26 · 2015: 21 · 2014: 39 · 2013: 33 · 2012: 21
FWCI
34.03
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations
  • Journal of Conflict Resolution (publishedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › General Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Natural Resources and Economic Development
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Political Conflict and Governance
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Peacebuilding and International Security
Keywords
diamond, civil war onset, ethnic conflict, armed conflict, conflict diamonds, ethnic divisions, post-Cold War, resource curse

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