The demographics of war and development : issues for policy-makers : conclusion - Pérouse de Montclos, Marc-Antoine (Violence, statistics, and the politics of accounting for the dead)
As we have seen throughout this book, the body count of the victims of violence is not only an issue for development and population studies, but also for peace-making and the understanding of armed conflicts. For aid workers, it helps to inform and implement effective relief delivery ; for governments and international agencies, to plan reconstruction and facilitate reconciliation; for legal practitioners, to prosecute war criminals and prove the systematic pattern of massacres ; for humanitarian organisations, to assess basic needs and estimate performances. [...]
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