Always Affecting the Wrong People? The Impact of US Sanctions on Poverty

Neuenkirch, Matthias; Neumeier, Florian

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“…Hence, sanctions can affect income distribution in a disproportionate manner from the perspective of the target states. In fact, Neuenkirch and Neumeier (2015b) find that US economic sanctions affect the poor people in the target countries that use the measure of poverty gap, and this can be expected to affect income distribution.…”

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The Impact of Economic Sanctions on Income Inequality of Target States

2016

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In this paper, we draw on established theoretical work to analyze empirically which segments of the population in the target states bear the most cost when economic sanctions are imposed. Using a crosscountry analysis of 68 target states from 1960 to 2008, we find robust empirical evidence that the imposition of sanctions has a deleterious effect on income inequality. Focusing on various sanction instruments, financial and trade sanctions were found to have different impacts on income inequality. Lastly, the adverse effect of the sanctions is more severe when sanctions span longer durations.

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The Impact of Economic Sanctions on Income Inequality of Target States

2016

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“…Economics components: Negative exterior force as sanctions aim to induce maximum economic damage in order to coerce the target state to modify its policies in favor of the sender states (Hufbauer et al, 2007 andDizaji &van Bergeijk, 2013). And so, it inevitably causes adverse economic outcomes on national currency, poverty, GDP, trade, government consumption, employment and increase inflation (Peksen & Son, 2015;Neuenkirch & Neumeier, 2015a, 2015band Peksen & Drury, 2010).…”

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On the Dynamic of Country Development

Rakotoarivelo¹,

Ravelonirina²

2019

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In this work, we study the dynamics of the development of a country P. We find that this dynamic is governed by forces called development forces. There are three different types: natural force, exterior force, and interior force of development. They all have three components: human, economic and political. Depending on the intensity of these three forces, the resilience to natural and negative exterior forces, the level of development of P varies between two consecutive periods. This study allows us to conclude that development relies essentially on the interior force.

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“…Now, economic sanctions are often linked with increased poverty rates. 28 Thus, whenever there are no other equally effective means (besides sanctions) to achieve an important national security aim, then this aim is in conflict with world poverty reduction.…”

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Guns or Food: On Prioritizing National Security over Global Poverty Relief

Garcia‐Gibson

2018

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Political realists claim that international relations are in a state of anarchy, and therefore every state is allowed to disregard its moral duties towards other states and their inhabitants. Realists argue that complying with moral duties is simply too risky for a state’s national security. Political moralists convincingly show that realists exaggerate both the extent of international anarchy and the risks it poses to states who act morally. Yet moralists do not go far enough, since they do not question realism’s normative core: the claim that when national security is really at risk, states are allowed to disregard their moral duties. I contend that there is at least one moral duty that states should not disregard even if their inhabitants are at risk of death by military aggression: the duty to reduce extreme global poverty. The reason is that even granting that national security is about securing individuals’ right to life, global poverty relief is about that as well.

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Always Affecting the Wrong People? The Impact of US Sanctions on Poverty

Cited by 6 publications

References 15 publications

The Impact of Economic Sanctions on Income Inequality of Target States

The Impact of Economic Sanctions on Income Inequality of Target States

On the Dynamic of Country Development

Guns or Food: On Prioritizing National Security over Global Poverty Relief

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