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- Title
AN INTERPRETATION OF THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE SECOND BATTLE OF WATERLOO.
- Authors
Prins, Gwyn
- Abstract
Good governance is a pre-condition for economic development. Good governance, in turn, requires peace. The second Battle of Waterloo, in Sierra Leone, showed what the West can do in this regard. A small military intervention, not hemmed in by the typical restrictions on what ‘peacekeepers’ can do, made a huge difference to the development prospects of the country. This has important implications for the use of external military forces as part of the overall strategy for poverty reduction in Africa.
- Subjects
SIERRA Leone; AFRICA; ECONOMIC development; DEVELOPMENT economics; ECONOMIC expansion; GOVERNMENT policy; INTERVENTION (International law); POVERTY reduction; BATTLE of Waterloo, Belgium, 1815
- Publication
Economic Affairs, 2006, Vol 26, Issue 4, p12
- ISSN
0265-0665
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1468-0270.2006.00663.x