Does aid improve democracy and governance? A meta-regression analysis

Zohid Askarov () and Chris Doucouliagos

Public Choice, 2013, vol. 157, issue 3, 628 pages

Abstract: The paper provides a systematic and quantitative review of the empirical evidence on the effects of development aid on democracy and governance. We find that aid has had, on average, a zero or negative effect on democracy, except that it has had a positive effect on democratization in European transitional economies. Aid had a positive effect on governance during the Cold War period but has had no effect on governance in the post-Cold War period. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media New York 2013

Keywords: Democracy; Governance; Institutions; Development aid; Meta-regression analysis; F35; O10; O43 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1007/s11127-013-0081-y

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