Aid and Democratization in the Transition Economies
Past studies have not been supportive of the ability for foreign aid to create increased development and market liberalization. Less attention has been devoted to investigating the role aid has played in fostering democratic institutions. For a sample of 26 nations in Eastern Europe and former Soviet republics, I find more aid per capita is strongly associated with democratic reforms, but less robust is the relationship for aid as a percentage of gross national income. When analyzing various types of democratic freedoms, it appears both measures of aid improve the categories of judicial framework and governance, and aid per capita is also positively correlated with improvements in civil society and electoral process, but aid does not lead to more media independence. Copyright © 2010 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
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2010
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Authors: | Heckelman, Jac C. |
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Kyklos. - Wiley Blackwell, ISSN 0023-5962. - Vol. 63.2010, 4, p. 558-579
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