Dams: Infrastructural Investment as a Tool of Development and Peace

• In Event: Conflict Creating and Conflict Resolving Policy Initiatives

Brief Overview

I utilize a unique dataset from Turkey to test whether economic developments provided by infrastructural investments for irrigation and electricity can decrease people’s recruitment by insurgent groups.

Authors

• Ahmet Utku Akbiyik, Boston University

• Muhammet Akkus, Binghamton University