The Geo-Politics of Foreign Aid and Transnational Terrorism

Jean-Paul Azam () and Véronique Thelen ()
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Véronique Thelen: CREM - Centre de recherche en économie et management - UNICAEN - Université de Caen Normandie - NU - Normandie Université - UR - Université de Rennes - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Abstract: This paper reviews some findings by Azam and Thelen (2008, 2010, 2012) that illustrate how foreign aid is used by rich countries to purchase the services of recipient governments with a view to protect or promote their economic and political interests. In particular, these findings show that foreign aid is effective at controlling the number of transnational terrorist attacks coming from the recipient countries, while it is not so regarding the number of attacks in the host countries. In contrast, they show that military intervention, as captured by the presence of US soldiers on the ground is counter-productive, as it increases the number of terrorist attacks both by source country and by host country.

Keywords: Foreign Aid; terrorism; military intervention; education (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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Published in Revue d'Economie du Développement, 2014, 28, pp.263-288

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Journal Article: The Geo-Politics of Foreign Aid and Transnational Terrorism (2014)
Working Paper: The Geo-Politics of Foreign Aid and Transnational Terrorism (2013)
Working Paper: The Geo-Politics of Foreign Aid and Transnational Terrorism (2013)
Working Paper: The Geo-Politics of Foreign Aid and Transnational Terrorism (2013)
Working Paper: The Geo-Politics of Foreign Aid and Transnational Terrorism (2013)
Working Paper: The Geo-Politics of Foreign Aid and Transnational Terrorism (2013)
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