Did Aid Promote Democracy in Africa? The Role of Technical Assistance in Africa's Transitions

被引：43

作者：

Gibson, Clark C. ^{[1
]}

Hoffman, Barak D. ^{[2
]}

Jablonski, Ryan S. ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Calif San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA

[2] World Bank, Washington, DC 20433 USA

[3] London Sch Econ, London, England

来源：

WORLD DEVELOPMENT | 2015年 / 68卷

关键词：

democratization; Africa; foreign aid; technical assistance; FOREIGN-AID; PANEL-DATA; KENYA; POLITICS; DEMOCRATIZATION; EMPLOYMENT; ELECTIONS; WORLD;

D O I：

10.1016/j.worlddev.2014.11.009

中图分类号：

F0 [经济学]; F1 [世界各国经济概况、经济史、经济地理]; C [社会科学总论];

学科分类号：

0201 ; 020105 ; 03 ; 0303 ;

摘要：

Did foreign aid impede or catalyze democratization in Africa in the 1990s? We argue that after the Cold War, donors increased their use of technical assistance in aid packages, improving their monitoring capacity and thus reducing autocrats' ability to use aid for patronage. To remain in power, autocrats responded by conceding political rights to their opponents-from legalizing opposition parties to staging elections. We test our theory with panel data for all sub-Saharan African countries. While other factors played pivotal roles in Africa's political liberalization, we find technical assistance helps to explain the timing and extent of Africa's democratization. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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页码：323 / 335

页数：13

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