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Short- and Long-Term Effects of United Nations Peace Operations

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dc.creator Sambanis, Nicholas
dc.date 2012-03-30T07:12:36Z
dc.date 2012-03-30T07:12:36Z
dc.date 2008-01-30
dc.date.accessioned 2023-02-18T19:41:02Z
dc.date.available 2023-02-18T19:41:02Z
dc.identifier World Bank Economic Review
dc.identifier 1564-698X
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4470
dc.identifier.uri http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/249955
dc.description In an earlier study Doyle and Sambanis (2000) [Doyle, Michael W., and Nicholas Sambanis. 2000. "International Peacebuilding: A Theoretical and Quantitative Analysis." American Political Science Review 94(4):779–801.] showed that United Nations (UN) peace operations have made positive contributions to peacebuilding in the short term, helping parties implement peace agreements. But are the effects of UN peace operations lasting? Because the UN cannot fight wars, such operations should not be used to enforce a peace. Peacekeeping operations contribute more to the quality of the peace—that is, to securing more than the mere absence of war—than to its duration, because the effects of such operations dissipate over time. For peace to be self-sustaining, countries must develop institutions and policies that generate economic growth. UN peacebuilding lacks a strategy for fostering self-sustaining economic growth that could connect increased participation with sustainable peace. The international community would benefit from an evolution that uses economic reforms to plug the gap between peacekeeping and humanitarian assistance on the one hand and development on the other.
dc.publisher World Bank
dc.rights CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO
dc.rights http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo
dc.rights World Bank
dc.subject civil war
dc.subject foundations
dc.subject humanitarian assistance
dc.subject international community
dc.subject Nations
dc.subject Peace
dc.subject peace agreements
dc.subject Peacebuilding
dc.subject war
dc.subject wars
dc.title Short- and Long-Term Effects of United Nations Peace Operations
dc.type Journal Article
dc.type Journal Article
dc.coverage Rwanda
dc.coverage Congo, Democratic Republic of
dc.coverage Cyprus
dc.coverage El Salvador
dc.coverage Lebanon


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