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Spending to save? The cost-effectiveness of conflict prevention.

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dc.creator Chalmers, Malcolm G.
dc.date 2009-12-03T16:30:45Z
dc.date 2009-12-03T16:30:45Z
dc.date 2007
dc.identifier Chalmers, M. G. (2007) Spending to save? The cost-effectiveness of conflict prevention. Defence and Peace Economics, Vol. 18, No. 1 pp. 1 - 23.
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10454/4030
dc.description no
dc.description While the general argument that it is easier and more cost-effective to prevent conflicts before the outbreak of violence has considerable attraction, a rigorous approach to estimating the cost and benefits of this policy is still lacking. The objective of this study is to contribute to the development of such an approach. The project involves six case studies, three retrospective (the Western Balkans, Afghanistan, and Rwanda) and three prospective (Afghanistan, Uzbekistan and southern Sudan). Its main conclusion is that targeted programmes of conflict prevention are (or would have been) significantly cheaper than cure.
dc.language en
dc.publisher Routledge
dc.relation http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10242690600821693
dc.subject Conflict
dc.subject Conflict prevention
dc.subject Costs of conflict
dc.subject Fragile states
dc.subject Cilvil war
dc.title Spending to save? The cost-effectiveness of conflict prevention.
dc.type Article
dc.type published version paper


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