Measuring Economic Development in a COIN Environment

Abstract

HOW DO YOU measure economic development progress in a counterinsurgency (COIN) campaign? Clearly, one should conduct some sort of rigorous assessment to answer this imposing question. Everyone up the chain of command, all the way to congressional appropriators, demands assessments of COIN actions--and rightfully so. In simple terms, we all want to know if what we are doing (and paying for) is working.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2010
Accession Number
ADA532754

Entities

People

  • Charlie H. Kim
  • Nancy E. Blacker

Organizations

  • United States Army Combined Arms Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Commerce
  • Contractors
  • Counterinsurgency
  • Department Of Defense
  • Department Of State
  • Doctrine
  • Economic Development
  • Economics
  • Employment
  • Environment
  • Governments
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Security
  • Task Forces
  • United States

Readers

  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Public Financial Management and Budgeting
  • Systems Analysis and Design