Peace as a public good : Angola in a post-war environment

Abstract

After twenty years of civil war in Angola, and following the country's devastation, transition to a market economy and democracy has finally begun. The State of Angola must now finance the country's reconstrucion. The end of the war bas prompted individual expectations of a real income rise. Within this context, the paper sets out to analyse the willingness of civil servants to help pay (wtp) for consolidation of a public good - peace - in Angola. At the same time the authors calculate the extent to which civil servants are willing to accept (wta) government compensation should it fail to assure this public good. The model used is based on a subjective expected utility function and the sample is taken from high-ranking public administration staff. Results obtained permit one to determine and to interpret wtp and wta by age, sex, hierarchical position, income and number of military conscripts per family.