Incentives, sanctions and conditionality
From Darfur to Sri Lanka, international policymakers often rely on sanctions, incentives and conditionality to try to influence the behaviours of those involved in a conflict.
Our policy brief Powers
of persuasion: incentives, sanctions and conditionality in peace
processes (2008) analyses how the use of such tools can underpin or undermine peacemaking.
Drawing upon cases such as Darfur, Sri Lanka, northern Uganda, South Africa and Georgia-Abkhazia, it concludes they are rarely effective unless they form part of a wider strategy that makes support for a durable peace process its priority.
Based on the findings from our Accord publication, Powers of persuasion: incentives, sanctions and conditionality in peacemaking (2008) it contains recommendations for policymakers and outlines the elements needed to improve international support for peace processes.
