Does aid support democracy?: A systematic review of the literature

Rachel M. Gisselquist, Miguel Niño-Zarazúa and Melissa Samarin

No wp-2021-14, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: This study draws on a rigorous systematic review—to our knowledge the first in this area—to take stock of the 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'.

Keywords: Foreign aid; Democracy; Systematic review; Democracy aid; Democratization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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