2003
DOI: 10.7249/mr1630
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Terrorism and Development: Using Social and Economic Development to Inhibit a Resurgence of Terrorism

Abstract: This publication was supported by RAND using its own funds. RAND is a nonprofit institution that helps improve policy and decisionmaking through research and analysis. RAND ® is a registered trademark. RAND's publications do not necessarily reflect the opinions or policies of its research sponsors.

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“…This logic underlies US's affirmative action policies in the education sector (see Bush and Saltarelli 2000), while some evidence seems to suggest that higher school enrolment rates increase the opportunity costs of recruiting militants by rebel groups (see, for instance, Thyne 2005). Cragin and Chalk (2003) provide evidence for the effects of job creation in decreasing potential recruits for the IRA.…”
Section: When Does Inequality and Exclusion Lead To Violent Conflict?mentioning
confidence: 92%
“…This logic underlies US's affirmative action policies in the education sector (see Bush and Saltarelli 2000), while some evidence seems to suggest that higher school enrolment rates increase the opportunity costs of recruiting militants by rebel groups (see, for instance, Thyne 2005). Cragin and Chalk (2003) provide evidence for the effects of job creation in decreasing potential recruits for the IRA.…”
Section: When Does Inequality and Exclusion Lead To Violent Conflict?mentioning
confidence: 92%
“…Consequently, only 15 percent of the government's budget is allocated towards the rest of government services (Harrison 2003;Wilson 2005). Thus, the increasing economic concerns, encompassed with political and economic marginalisation experienced specifically within the Mindanao region has clearly played its part in the inception of, as well as the continuing insurgencies being experienced within the Philippines (Abuza 2003b;Hoddie and Harzell 2005;Cragin and Chalk 2003).…”
Section: Socio-economic Concernsmentioning
confidence: 97%
“…The popularity of troops was perhaps due to the military providing public services such as schools and roads with a degree of competency and accountability that exceeded that of the local and national government in the Philippines. Mindanao is ‘a highly destitute area compared with the rest of the Philippines and one in which it is generally accepted that Islamic communities have suffered the most’ (Cragin and Chalk, , p. 16). Bush's post 9/11 counter‐terrorism initiatives in the southern Philippines were ‘smart’ even before the term ‘smart power’ was mooted in policy circles.…”
Section: Strategy Trust and Opportunitymentioning
confidence: 99%