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Presentation Type
Presentation
Full Name of Faculty Mentor
Jonathan Acuff, Politics
Major
Intelligence & National Security Studies
Presentation Abstract
Can development aid reduce violence? This study looks at the empirical record of the United States' military in Iraq between 2004 and 2010 to address this question. Evidence from the Community Stabilization Program, the Falluja Waste Water Treatment System, and modest-sized Commanders' Emergency Response Program projects suggests that development aid can only effectively reduce violence when implemented in an already-secure location. When implemented in an insecure location, development aid and stabilization projects are likely to have no impact on or increase the levels of violence. While development aid is valuable in many respects, the findings of this study suggest it is not an appropriate tool to utilize if the goal is to reduce violence.
Location
Virtual Session Room 3
Start Date
22-4-2021 2:20 PM
End Date
22-4-2021 2:40 PM
Recommended Citation
Hoppmann, Morgan-McKay, "Aid as a Screwdriver, Violence as the Nail: The Uncertain Effects of Aid on Violence in Iraq, 2004-2010" (2021). Undergraduate Research Competition. 33.
https://digitalcommons.coastal.edu/ugrc/2021/fullconference/33
Aid as a Screwdriver, Violence as the Nail: The Uncertain Effects of Aid on Violence in Iraq, 2004-2010
Virtual Session Room 3
Can development aid reduce violence? This study looks at the empirical record of the United States' military in Iraq between 2004 and 2010 to address this question. Evidence from the Community Stabilization Program, the Falluja Waste Water Treatment System, and modest-sized Commanders' Emergency Response Program projects suggests that development aid can only effectively reduce violence when implemented in an already-secure location. When implemented in an insecure location, development aid and stabilization projects are likely to have no impact on or increase the levels of violence. While development aid is valuable in many respects, the findings of this study suggest it is not an appropriate tool to utilize if the goal is to reduce violence.