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The economic impact of peacekeeping. Evidence from South Sudan

Raul Caruso (raul.caruso@unicatt.it), Prabin B. Khadka (pbk6@hoyamail.georgetown.edu), Ilaria Petrarca and Roberto Ricciuti
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Prabin B. Khadka: Georgetown University

No 23/2012, Working Papers from University of Verona, Department of Economics

Abstract: 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 dataset 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.

Keywords: United Nations; Blue helmets; South Sudan; cereal production; peacekeeping. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C26 D74 F53 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012-10
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