Institute of Development Studies

Biography

Patricia Justino is a development economist specialising in applied microeconomics. Her current research work focuses on the impact of violence and conflict on household welfare and local institutional structures, the microfoundations of violent conflict and the implications of violence for economic development. Other research interests include the measurement of multidimensional inequality and poverty and their effects on social development and economic growth, the measurement and modelling of poverty (static and dynamic), the role of social security and redistribution on economic growth and household welfare and the impact of economic shocks on household income mobility.

Patricia has led several research projects funded by the British Academy, DFID, the European Commission, the ESRC, FAO, the Leverhulme Trust, UNDP, UNESCO, UN Women and the World Bank. She is the Director of MICROCON and co-founder and co-director of the Households in Conflict Network. Since June 2010, Patricia convenes the Conflict, Violence and Development cluster, part of the Vulnerability and Poverty Reduction Team at IDS.

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Selected Projects and Recent Work

• Training and Mobility Network for the Economic Analysis of Conflict (TAMNEAC)
• Women in Local Peacebuilding research
• Quantifying the Impact of Women’s Participation in Peace Building
• Changing Livelihoods in Darfur Since 2005
• Agency and Governance in Contexts of Civil Conflict
• MICROCON
• Households in Conflict Network

Thematic Expertise

Development (General); Inequality; Conflict and Violence; Poverty; Security and Conflict; Social Protection.

Selected Publications »»

• Justino, P. (2011) 'Violent Conflict and Human Capital Accumulation' in Brown, G. and Langer, A. (eds), Elgar Companion to Civil War and Fragile States, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing
• Justino, P. (2011) 'War and Poverty' in Garfinkel, M. and Skaperdas, S. (eds), Oxford Handbook of the Economics of Peace and Conflict, Oxford: Oxford University Press
• Justino, P. and Shemyakina, O. (2010) 'Remittances and Labor Supply in Post-Conflict Tajikistan', Households in Conflict Network 83, Brighton:
• Brück, T., Justino, P., Verwimp, P. and Avdeenko, A. (2010) 'Identifying Conflict and Violence in Micro-Level Surveys', HiCN Working Paper 79, Brighton:
• Justino, P. (2010) 'How Does Violent Conflict Impact on Individual Educational Outcomes? The Evidence so Far', Background Paper to the Global Monitoring Report on Education for All 2011 , Paris: UNESCO
• Justino, P., Leone, M. and Salardi, P. (2010) 'Conflict and Gender in Timor Leste', Background Paper to the World Development Report 2011 on Conflict and Development and to the World Development Report 2012 on Gender and Development , Washington, D.C.: World Bank
• Justino, P. (2009) 'The Impact of Armed Civil Conflict on Household Welfare and Policy Responses', MICROCON Research Working Paper 12, Brighton: MICROCON
• Justino, P., Leavy, J. and Valli, E. (2009) 'Quantitative Methods in Contexts of Everyday Violence', IDS Bulletin 40.3:41-49, Brighton: Wiley
• Verwimp, P., Justino, P. and Brück, T. (2009) 'The Analysis of Conflict: A Micro-Level Perspective', Journal of Peace Research 46.3:307-314, London: Sage
• Justino, P. (2009) 'Poverty and Violent Conflict: A Micro-Level Perspective on the Causes and Duration of Warfare', Journal of Peace Research 46.3:315-333, London: Sage
• Justino, P., Litchfield, J. and Pham, H.T. (2008) 'Poverty Dynamics During Trade Reform: Evidence from Rural Vietnam', Review of Income and Wealth 54.2:166–192, Oxford: Wiley
• Justino, P. (2007) 'Carrot or Stick? Redistributive Transfers Versus Policing in Contexts of Civil Unrest', MICROCON Research Working Paper 3, Brighton: IDS
• Justino, P. (2006) 'The Impact of Collective Action on Economic Development: Empirical Evidence from Kerala, India', World Development 34.7:1254-1270, Oxford: Elsevier
• Justino, P. (2006) 'Social Security in Developing Countries: Myth or Necessity? Evidence from India', Journal of International Development 19.3:367–382, London: Wiley
• Justino, P. and Verwimp, P. (2006) 'Poverty Dynamics, Violent Conflict and Convergence in Rwanda', HiCN Working Paper 16, Brighton: