| ID | 151712 |
| Title Proper | Economic impact of peacekeeping |
| Other Title Information | evidence from South Sudan |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Caruso, Raul ; Petrarca, Ilaria ; Ricciuti, Roberto ; Khadka, Prabin |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This paper investigates the effect of the deployment of United Nations Blue Helmets on economic activity in South Sudan with a special focus on agricultural production. Since UN troops are predicted to improve security, in particular, we expect a positive relationship between deployment of UN blue Helmets and cereal production. We test our hypothesis using an original data-set including all the 78 South Sudanese counties over the period 2009–2011. We control for the non-random assignment of UN troops through an Instrumental Variables approach. Our empirical results show that a 10% increase in the size of the troop allows the production of additional 600 tonnes. |
| `In' analytical Note | Defence and Peace Economics Vol. 28, No.2; Apr 2017: p.250-270 |
| Journal Source | Defence and Peace Economics Vol: 28 No 2 |
| Key Words | Security ; Peacekeeping ; South Sudan ; Blue Helmets ; United Nations ; Cereal Production |