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1 online resource (327 pages) |
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UNU-WIDER studies in development economics |
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Studies in development economics.
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| Contents |
Cover; Democratic Trajectories in Africa: Unravelling the Impact of Foreign Aid; Copyright; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Notes on Contributors; Map of Africa; 1: Introduction: Why Aid and Democracy? Why Africa?; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Existing literature on aid and democracy; 1.3 The value of disaggregation; 1.3.1 Democracy assistance; 1.3.2 Development assistance; 1.3.3 Conflictual or complementary?; 1.4 The African context: aid complexity and uneven progress towards consolidation; 1.5 Methodology and organization of book; 1.6 Conclusion; References |
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2: Democratization in Africa: What Role for External Actors?2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Defining democratic transitions and consolidation; 2.3 How external actors impact democratization; 2.4 Foreign aid's impact on democratic transitions in Africa and beyond; 2.5 Foreign aid and democratic consolidation; 2.5.1 Avoiding democratic breakdown or erosion; 2.5.2 Enhancing vertical accountability; 2.5.3 Enhancing horizontal accountability; 2.5.4 Promoting competitive party systems; 2.6 Conclusion; References; 3:Foreign Aid and Democratic Development in Africa; 3.1 Introduction |
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3.2 Aid and democratic consolidation in Africa3.2.1 Democratic political change; 3.3 Research design, data, and measures; 3.3.1 Foreign aid; 3.3.2 Estimation; 3.4 Results; 3.4.1 Multi-party transitions; 3.4.2 Multi-party and electoral fairness failures; 3.4.3 Incumbent turnover and term-limit violations; 3.4.4 Considering potential endogeneity; 3.5 Conclusions; References; 4: Foreign Aid in Dangerous Places: The Donors and Mali's Democracy; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 The evolution of aid to Mali: a democracy dividend?; 4.3 Positive impacts of aid on democratic consolidation |
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4.4 Aid-dependence dynamics and democratic consolidation4.5 Aid and the structural impediments to democratic consolidation; 4.5.1 The gap between masses and elites; 4.5.2 Regional cleavages; 4.6 Conclusions; References; 5: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: The Limits of Foreign Aid on Malawi's Democratic Consolidation; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Foreign aid and Malawi's democratic transition; 5.3 The Muluzi years: uneven consolidation and erratic donor relations; 5.3.1 Donor responses to Muluzi's democratic backtracking; 5.4 Democracy and donors under President Mutharika |
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5.4.1 Strengthening parliament5.4.2 Supporting elections; 5.4.3 Supporting competitive party systems; 5.4.4 Respect for civil liberties; 5.5 Conclusions and policy implications; References; 6: The Changing Dynamics of Foreign Aid and Democracy in Mozambique; 6.1 Introduction: foreign aid and democracy in Mozambique; 6.1.1 Historical background; 6.1.2 Donor aid during Mozambique's transition to democracy; 6.1.3 Current patterns of donor aid for democracy in Mozambique; 6.2 From project support to programme-based aid; 6.3 Foreign aid and political competition: electoral politics |
| Summary |
This volume examines how foreign aid has influenced democratic transitions and consolidation in sub-Saharan Africa |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 22, 2013) |
| Subject |
Economic assistance -- Africa
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Economic development.
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economic development.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
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Economic assistance
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Economic development
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Africa
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Resnick, Danielle
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Van de Walle, Nicolas
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| ISBN |
9780191509803 |
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0191509809 |
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9780191766206 |
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0191766208 |
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