Do Economic Sanctions Work? What the Evidence Shows
The famous 34% sanctions success rate fell to about 4% on re-examination. What research shows about whether sanctions work and who pays.
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Half a Million Dead Children Carried the Argument About Sanctions. Three Later Surveys Found the Rise Never Happened.
Key takeaways · 13 min read The half-million figure rests on one survey: the 1999 Iraq Child and Maternal Mortality Survey, about 38,000 households. It reported under-five deaths rising from 59 to 116 per 1,000 between 1990 and 1991, reaching 142 by 1998. Three later national surveys — 2004, 2006 and 2011, covering 75,000 households…
