ECONOMIC IMPACT OF PEACEKEEPING (EIP)
Through 400 interviews in the field and at headquarters, surveys of mission staff, and analysis of the operational spending of 10 current and former peacekeeping missions, the project found that overall UN peacekeeping missions do more economic good and less harm than is commonly believed. However, PDT research also revealed that there is significant room for improvement, particularly in local procurement and local hiring practices.
Recommendations from the report address three broad themes:
- First, the need for greater consciousness within missions of the potential economic impact of every policy decision and of the relationship between economic recovery and other mission objectives.
- Second, the need to maximize local procurement, consistent with quality and the guiding principle of value for money.
- Third, to avoid serious labour market distortions, the need to adapt UN operating principles, designed a half-century ago to help the organization compete for staff in well-developed economies, to the war-torn economies where UN peacekeeping missions deploy today.
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