SECURITY IS LIKE OXYGEN: EVIDENCE FROM UGANDA
SECURITY IS LIKE OXYGEN: EVIDENCE FROM UGANDA
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安全就像氧气：来自乌干达的证据
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2004
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Xiaobo Zhang
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Xiaobo Zhang
自20世纪90年代初以来，乌干达一直是非洲增长最快的国家之一。然而，在国家以下一级，由于北部地区的国内冲突，增长一直不平衡。利用一组家庭和社区层面的数据，本文考察了安全和经济增长之间的联系。研究发现，安全是经济成功发展的先决条件，事实上存在一个安全门槛，低于这个门槛，基础设施和教育方面的公共投资对增长几乎没有影响。只有当安全超过这一门槛时，公共投资才能刺激经济增长。生活在和平国家的经济学家和政策顾问往往会开出以良好安全为前提的经济政策。在这种情况下，安全就像氧气一样，被视为理所当然。
Since the early 1990s, Uganda has been one of Africa's fastest growing countries. However, at the sub-national level, growth has been uneven due to civil conflict in the northern region. Using a panel of household and community level data, this paper examines the links between security and economic growth. It is found that security is a pre-condition for successful economic development and that there is in fact a threshold level of security below which public investments in infrastructure and education have little impact on growth. Only when security exceeds this threshold do public investments stimulate economic growth. Economists and policy advisors living in peaceful countries often prescribe economic policies that hinge on the assumption of good security. In this manner, security, like oxygen, is taken for granted.