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Policy Brief
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– Unravelling the Impact of Foreign Aid
When, why and how has foreign aid facilitated, or hindered, democracy in recipient countries? Focusing on sub-Saharan Africa, this policy brief examines the impact of foreign aid on supporting transitions from one-party to multiparty regimes, preventing democratic breakdown and the erosion of civil...
Book Chapter
From the book:
Democratic Trajectories in Africa
Book Chapter
– The Limits of Foreign Aid on Malawi's Democratic Consolidation
From the book:
Democratic Trajectories in Africa
Book Chapter
From the book:
Democratic Trajectories in Africa
Book Chapter
From the book:
Democratic Trajectories in Africa
Book Chapter
From the book:
Democratic Trajectories in Africa
Book Chapter
– Foreign Aid and the Challenge of Deepening Democracy in Benin
From the book:
Democratic Trajectories in Africa
Book Chapter
– The Limits of External Democracy Assistance
From the book:
Democratic Trajectories in Africa
Book Chapter
From the book:
Democratic Trajectories in Africa
Book Chapter
From the book:
Democratic Trajectories in Africa
Working Paper
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– The Donors and Mali’s Democracy
Mali long seemed a model, low-income democracy. Yet, in a few short weeks in early 2012, more than half of the territory came under the military control of an Islamist secessionist movement, and a military coup deposed the democratically-elected government in the capital. Given the substantial...
Working Paper
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– The Limits of External Democracy Assistance
Ghana’s experience since the early 1990s indicates that external aid can significantly impact a country’s democratic transition. External democracy assistance has been a crucial, positive factor in Ghana’s steady evolution into an electoral democracy over the past two decades. Continuing gaps in the...
Working Paper
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Tanzania has been a relative success story in Africa in terms of political reform. While foreign aid has helped strengthen institutions that advance accountability, it simultaneously supports a status quo that undermines accountability and democratization. This study first explores the ways in which...
Working Paper
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– Foreign Aid and the Challenge of Deepening Democracy in Benin
In the 1990s, analysts were almost unanimous in considering Benin to be one of the most important aid recipients among the newly democratizing African countries. After more than two decades of democratic practice, the country has clearly completed the phase of democratic transition. In this study, I...
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