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 …

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 …

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 …

and agencies of restraint. The study argues for an enhanced emphasis on democracy assistance that may strengthen …

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 quality of Ghana's democracy confirms, however, that even sustained …

implications for the consolidation of the country's nascent democracy. Donors providing democracy aid have assisted with the …, the concentration of funding around elections, and a reluctance to support political parties hinders the size of democracy …'s fertilizer input subsidy programme. To prevent an erosion of democracy caused by violations of civil liberties, donors often have …

Over the past two decades, donors increasingly linked foreign aid to democracy objectives in sub-Saharan Africa. Yet … the period from 1991 to 2008, we find that democracy and governance aid has a consistently positive effect on democratic …

related both to the quality or deepening of democracy and to poverty reduction. Foreign aid has changed as donors have …. Moreover, when it comes to more substantial aspects of democracy, such as enhancing accountability and fighting corruption …

Over the past two decades, donors increasingly linked foreign aid to democracy objectives in sub-Saharan Africa. Yet … the period from 1991 to 2008, we find that democracy and governance aid has a consistently positive effect on democratic …