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Explores the links between Asian governments' development strategies and the nature and dynamics of inter-group violence. The overview chapters comprehensively assess the development doctrines, patterns of development, and levels and nature of violence in all Asian subregions, while case-study contributions focusing on eight countries explore the often surprising impacts of development initiatives on reducing or increasing inter-group conflict and violence ranging from West Asia to Southeast Asia. The variations in strategies and their impacts on multiple risks of violence can guide policymakers, development professionals, and activists committed to conflict-sensitive development.

Economic development patterns and the evolution of violence in Latin America / William Ascher and Natalia Mirovitskaya -- Violent conflict and unequal development : the case of Mexico / Judith Teichman -- The evolution of violence : economic development and intergroup conflict in Guatemala, El Salvador, and Costa Rica / Gustavo Arcia -- Violence and sectoral development in Colombia / Jennifer S. Holmes and Sheila Amin Gutierrez de Piñeres -- On the brink of violence : work, fear, and the state in the Bolivian regions / William T. Barndt -- Sowing conflict in Venezuela : political violence and economic policy / Deborah L. Norden -- Education policy and conflict in Latin America : lessons from Chile and Venezuela / Emily K. Penner -- Economic exclusion and the shifting patterns of violence in Argentina and Brazil / Peter Kingstone