Can peace be purchased? A sectoral-level analysis of aid's influence on transnational terrorism

Joseph K. Young; Michael G. Findley

doi:10.1007/s11127-011-9875-y

Can peace be purchased? A sectoral-level analysis of aid's influence on transnational terrorism

Joseph K. Young
, Michael G. Findley

Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce

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Does foreign aid reduce terrorism? We examine whether foreign aid decreases terrorism by analyzing whether aid targeted toward certain sectors is more effective than others. We use the most comprehensive databases on foreign aid and transnational terrorism-AidData and ITERATE-to provide a series of statistical tests. Our results show that foreign aid decreases terrorism especially when targeted toward sectors, such as education, health, civil society, and conflict prevention. These sector-level results indicate that foreign aid can be an effective instrument in fighting terrorism if allocated in appropriate ways.

Idioma original	English
Páginas (desde-hasta)	365-381
Número de páginas	17
Publicación	Public Choice
Volumen	149
N.º	3
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11127-011-9875-y
Estado	Published - dic 2011

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Acknowledgements We thank Zach Davis, Angela O’Neill, and Swati Sharma for helpful research assistance, as well as Axel Dreher, Amanda Licht, Todd Sandler, the participants at the 2011 Terrorism and Policy Conference, and the anonymous reviewers at Public Choice for their valuable comments. We also gratefully acknowledge grants that supported data collection and research from the National Science Foundation # 0904883, Gates Foundation, and Hewlett Foundation.

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National Science Foundation Arctic Social Science Program	0904883
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

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