Post-conflict aid historically became distinct from other types of aid following World War II. The Marshall Plan, part of the resolution following World War II, planned to rebuild the mass destruction that was throughout Europe with America's assistance. While there was infrastructure to be rebuilt and basic human needs that needed to be met, along with this was the deterioration of Europe's economy. This is where the definition of post-conflict aid, aid that plans for socioeconomic development, originates from. The focus on socioeconomic development is a direct side effect of the globalized war. States understood how much they had the ability to harm, and thus improve, based on the other states around the globe. The multiplier-effect explains how a singular dollar spent can produce massive amounts of market productivity and growth. Similarly, following the Cold War, providing aid to benefit socioeconomic growth continued. While during the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union provided heavily politicized aid to promote a political ideology; following the Cold War aid continued to be used as an economic multiplier more than it was a political tool. The third and final stage of the development of post-conflict aid takes place following 9/11 and the war in Afghanistan, marking the end of the long peace. During this time, major arms producers provided security aid. The military-industrial complex shows this is how states were able to provide aid while increasing demand for one of the most expensive markets. Furthermore, the United Nations developed the triple nexus approach for providing post-crisis/ post-conflict aid. The triple nexus breaks down aid into a humanitarian component, a development component and a peacekeeping component which largely focuses on the socioeconomic issues that commonly spark conflicts or that the previous conflict took place centered around. Economics A donor disbursing aid to conflict-torn country offers either humanitarian or reconstruction aid or splits its donation up. Reconstruction help (R) gets part of the receiving country's production function just like government spending would do since it is given to the country in order to invest it in the rebuilding of the economy.A donor, in contrast, only gives humanitarian aid until the basic needs of the population are satisfied, that is, until the donor defined level of consumption (c*) is reached. As soon as the actual consumption c equals c*, humanitarian aid will come to a breakpoint. Else, the humanitarian aid provided depends also on