Transnational Terrorist Recruitment : Evidence from Daesh Personnel Records (English)

Global terrorist organizations attract radicalized individuals across borders and constitute a threat for both sending and receiving countries. The paper provides plausibly-identified evidence on the drivers of transnational terrorist recruitment. Using unique personnel records from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, a.k.a. Daesh), it shows how economic opportunities and migration costs interact to explain the spatial pattern of foreign...

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Brockmeyer,Anne;

Do,Quy-Toan;

Joubert,Clement Jean Edouard;

Abdel Jelil,Mohamed;

Bhatia,Kartika;
Document Date
2018/03/27
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS8381
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Middle East and North Africa, Syrian Arab Republic,
Region
Middle East and North Africa,
Disclosure Date
2018/03/27
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Transnational Terrorist Recruitment : Evidence from Daesh Personnel Records
Keywords
development research group

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Brockmeyer,Anne; Do,Quy-Toan; Joubert,Clement Jean Edouard; Abdel Jelil,Mohamed; Bhatia,Kartika.

Transnational Terrorist Recruitment : Evidence from Daesh Personnel Records (English). Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 8381 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/967561522155860057

Transnational Terrorist Recruitment : Evidence from Daesh Personnel Records (English)

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