) authoritarian societies in order to strengthen their democracy. Special attention is paid to gender justice. Illustrations are drawn …

democratic governance. The analysis distinguishes between developmental aid and democracy aid, and examines democracy aid to …-operation and Development's (OECD) Creditor Reporting System (CRS) data on foreign aid and indices of democracy from the Varieties … of Democracy project, employing a combination of a maximum likelihood estimation and structural equation modelling (ML …

literature on aid and democracy. It asks: Does aid-especially democracy aid-have positive impact on democracy? How? What factors … most influence its impact? In so doing, it considers studies that explicitly focus on 'democracy aid' as an aggregate … category, its subcomponents (e.g. aid to elections), and 'developmental aid'. Overall, the evidence suggests that i) democracy …

surprise. It challenged international democracy support to learn from its own limitations while potentially offering exciting …. The decline in fortunes that democracy support had sustained in recent years might be reversed. The recent development … spread of liberal democracy because of their increasing role in international politics and the developing world's rapidly …

Mali long seemed a model, low-income democracy. Yet, in a few short weeks in early 2012, more than half of the … elements of vertical accountability that are necessary for democracy. On the other hand, aid was not very successful at … ; democracy ; foreign aid ; military coup ; inequality …

This study explores the effects of foreign aid on democracy in Mozambique during the last decade. Aid for democracy …. Emphasis has moved from building central government institutions to bolstering local governance, and from a focus on democracy … to good governance. -- Mozambique ; foreign aid ; democracy ; local governance ; budget support ; project support …

Can democracy be taught? Are individuals more likely to embrace democratic values, to learn basic knowledge about …