Short-Term and Long-Term Effects of United Nations Peace Operations
Earlier studies have shown that United Nations peace operations make a positive contribution to peacebuilding efforts after civil wars. But do these effects carry over to the period after the peacekeepers leave? And how do the effects of UN peace o...
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2012
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/04/7537773/short-term-long-term-effects-united-nations-peace-operations http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7017 |
| Summary: | Earlier studies have shown that United
Nations peace operations make a positive contribution to
peacebuilding efforts after civil wars. But do these effects
carry over to the period after the peacekeepers leave? And
how do the effects of UN peace operations interact with
other determinants of peacebuilding in the long run? The
author addresses these questions using a revised version of
the Doyle and Sambanis dataset and applying different
estimation methods to estimate the short-term and long-term
effects of UN peace missions. He finds that UN missions have
robust, positive effects on peacebuilding in the short term.
UN missions can help parties implement peace agreements but
the UN cannot fight wars, and UN operations contribute more
to the quality of the peace where peace is based on
participation, than to the longevity of the peace, where
peace is simply the absence of war. The effects of UN
missions are also felt in the long run, but they dissipate
over time. What is missing in UN peacebuilding is a strategy
to foster the self-sustaining economic growth that could
connect increased participation with sustainable peace. |
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