The Financing of UN Peace Operations

Revision with unchanged content. UN peace operations represent intermediate international public goods that yield a number of positive externalities - such as peace and security, en-han-ced international stability and respect for human rights. The potential be-ne-fits that can be derived from these operations critically depend on how the in-ter-national community decides to finance them. Despite the fact that the fi-nancing of UN peace operations is a crucial component of their production path, there have been surprisingly few attempts to examine whether and how the UN has adjusted the international public financing system un-der-lying the provision of its operations to the complex tasks the organization is required to undertake. This book provides an analysis of the several existing in-ternational financing mechanisms and tools created by the UN to help fos-ter better allocation to its operations. It summarizes important UN internal re-form processes related to their use and offers policy recommendations for a more integrated and innovative financing approach to UN peace operations as international public goods. The book makes a major contribution to our understanding of the fi-nan-cial aspect of international cooperation. It is intended for a wide audience drawn from political science and economics.