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 …

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 …

instability, namely terms-of-trade instability, on the quality of democracy. We take advantage of previous empirical findings …, aggregate aid flows can potentially dampen the effects of terms-of-trade instability on the quality of democracy. An empirical …

We construct a panel of satisfaction with democracy (SWD) and economic, institutional, and environmental variables for … higher where (1) there exists an energy / CO2 tax, where (2) government expenditures on the environment are higher, where (3 …

as old as the debate on the role of aid in economic development. Aid is effective in a good policy environment. However …

We investigate allocations of foreign aid by donors to the environment sector in Kenya covering the period 2001-12. Our … public debt. Allocations to environment have not been priority for donors in spite of several policy statements. Further, aid …

. The environment literature highlights important environment issues in air, land and water, including deforestation … Burkina Faso's government and donors in environment and development areas, acknowledge the urgent need of facing these … challenges efficiently, the first of which seems to be deciding how to finance the environment strategies. Of the €8 million …