Security is like oxygen: Evidence from Uganda
Since the early 1990s, Uganda has been one of Africa's fastest growing countries. However, at the sub-national level, growth has been uneven due to civil conflict in the northern region. Using a panel of household and community level data, this paper examines the links between security and economic...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
2004
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| author | Zhang, Xiaobo |
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| description | Since the early 1990s, Uganda has been one of Africa's fastest growing countries. However, at the sub-national level, growth has been uneven due to civil conflict in the northern region. Using a panel of household and community level data, this paper examines the links between security and economic growth. It is found that security is a pre-condition for successful economic development and that there is in fact a threshold level of security below which public investments in infrastructure and education have little impact on growth. Only when security exceeds this threshold do public investments stimulate economic growth. Economists and policy advisors living in peaceful countries often prescribe economic policies that hinge on the assumption of good security. In this manner, security, like oxygen, is taken for granted. -- Authors' Abstract |
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| spelling | CGSpace1580512025-11-06T07:17:15Z Security is like oxygen: Evidence from Uganda Zhang, Xiaobo economic growth economic policies education public investment infrastructure Since the early 1990s, Uganda has been one of Africa's fastest growing countries. However, at the sub-national level, growth has been uneven due to civil conflict in the northern region. Using a panel of household and community level data, this paper examines the links between security and economic growth. It is found that security is a pre-condition for successful economic development and that there is in fact a threshold level of security below which public investments in infrastructure and education have little impact on growth. Only when security exceeds this threshold do public investments stimulate economic growth. Economists and policy advisors living in peaceful countries often prescribe economic policies that hinge on the assumption of good security. In this manner, security, like oxygen, is taken for granted. -- Authors' Abstract 2004 2024-10-24T12:53:26Z 2024-10-24T12:53:26Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/158051 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Zhang, Xiaobo. 2004. Security is like oxygen: Evidence from Uganda. DSGD Discussion Paper 6. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/158051 |
| spellingShingle | economic growth economic policies education public investment infrastructure Zhang, Xiaobo Security is like oxygen: Evidence from Uganda |
| title | Security is like oxygen: Evidence from Uganda |
| title_full | Security is like oxygen: Evidence from Uganda |
| title_fullStr | Security is like oxygen: Evidence from Uganda |
| title_full_unstemmed | Security is like oxygen: Evidence from Uganda |
| title_short | Security is like oxygen: Evidence from Uganda |
| title_sort | security is like oxygen evidence from uganda |
| topic | economic growth economic policies education public investment infrastructure |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/158051 |
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