U.S. Army Field Manual

"Tactics in Counterinsurgency," U.S. Army Field Manual Interim 3-24.2, March 2009 (6.2 MB PDF, 307 pages)
Enterprise creation is an essential activity whereby the local people organize themselves to provide valuable goods and services. In doing so, they create jobs for themselves, their families, and neighbors that are inherently sustainable after the departure of other actors. Host nation enterprises may provide various goods and services, including essential services such as small-scale sewerage, water, electricity, transportation, health care, and communications. The availability of financing through banking or microfinance institutions is essential to enterprise creation. Essential tasks may include—
• Implement initiatives to provide immediate employment.
• Create employment opportunities for all ages and genders.
• Assess the labor force for critical skills requirements and shortfalls.
• Assess market sector for manpower requirements and pay norms.
• Implement public works projects.
• Support establishment of a business registry to register lawful business activity at the local or provincial level.
• Provide start-up capital for small businesses through small-scale enterprise grants.
• Encourage the creation of small lending institutions.
• Enable the development of financial institutions.
[...] Use Money as a Weapon System
Recent experiences have shown the effectiveness of using money to win popular support and further the interests and goals of units conducting counterinsurgency operations. Money should be used carefully. In most cases, higher authority will tightly control funds through strict accountability measures that ensure the money is used properly. When used effectively, and with an end state in mind, money can be an effective means to mobilize public support for the counterinsurgent’s cause and further alienate the insurgents from the population. A counterinsurgency force can use money to—
• Fund civic cleanup and other sanitation projects, and the equipment to complete those projects.
• Fund small scale infrastructure improvements.
• Fund agricultural projects to improve farming practices and livestock health, or help implement cooperative farming programs.
• Repair civic and cultural sites and facilities.
• Repair institutions and infrastructure critical to governance and rule of law such as prisons, courthouses, and police stations.
• Purchase education supplies or repair infrastructure critical for educating the local populace.
• Pay rewards to citizens who provide information on enemy activities and locations
• Support the creation, training, and operation of Host Nation security forces.
• Fund events and activities that build relationships with Host Nation officials and citizens.
• Repair damage resulting from combined and coalition operations.
• Provide condolence payments to civilians for casualties from combined and coalition operations.