Subtitle
implications for the EU
Publication Name
EUISS ISSUE Briefs
Volume, number, page
16, pp.1-4.
Year of Publication
2017
Organization Name
European Union Institute for Security Studies
Acronym
EUISS
Publisher
EUISS
City
Paris
Country of Publication
France
ISBN or ISSN
2315-1110
Considered Countries
Brazil
Colombia
Guatemala
Mexico
Venezuela
El Salvador
Honduras
Jamaica
Category
Academic articles
Theme
BILATERAL RELATIONS UE - LAC
Subregion - European Union
Country - European Union
BIREGIONAL RELATIONS UE - LAC
Strategic Partnerships
BIREGIONAL DIALOGUES UE-LAC
Government
Civil Society
Cultural
Keyword(s)
International Security
Regional Security
Security Co-operation
Latin America
Caribbean
European Union
Violence
Civil Society
Society
Conflict Prevention
Criminality
economic consequence
homicide
the EU's international role
Financial Co-operation
Abstract
In Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) the costs arising from violence outweigh the expenditure devoted to preventing or containing it. To help address this, the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) has developed a model that measures both overt and hidden expenditures. In this report for the European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS), José Luengo-Cabrera suggests that the IEP model can serve as a benchmark for assessments of the cost-effectiveness of public security programmes, and inform decisions on optimising the levels of spending needed to contain violence. He also discusses the lessons of the model and its results for the EU.
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