Assessing The United States Foreign Assistance Activities Impact on Violent Conflicts

Abstract

We aim to quantitatively assess foreign aid programs effectiveness at preventing/deescalating conflicts in the short (1 year) and long term (5 years). Using publicly available data, (2010 to 2020) we measure factors that predict a country's status the following year. We statistically compare 1 year deescalation/escalation rates based on the funds receive. we using linear regression to measure 5 years cumulative aid impact. All the aids show 1 year negative correlation with the deescalation rates. There are however cumulative 5 years positive and negative linear relationships between some funds and the global conflict levels. The method developed can also be applied to evaluate aid effectiveness at meeting other U.S. goals.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 24, 2022
Accession Number
AD1170715

Entities

People

  • Daniel F. Feze

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

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Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Air Force
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Department Of Defense
  • Engineering
  • Foreign Aid
  • Governments
  • Human Rights
  • International Conflicts
  • International Organizations
  • Law
  • Literature Surveys
  • Military Assistance
  • Military Education
  • Military Training
  • National Governments
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Security
  • Training
  • United States
  • Weapons Of Mass Destruction

Readers

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  • Public Financial Management and Budgeting
  • Regression Analysis.