From empire to aid: Analysing persistence of colonial legacies in foreign aid to Africa

Swetha Ramachandran

No wp-2024-47, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: For decades now, Western development agencies and donors have been castigated for their colonial biases in providing aid to Africa. It is well established that donors provide considerably more foreign aid to their former colonies relative to other countries in the region. However, what happens over time to the influence of the former-colonizer-turned-donor within the aid recipient countries? Does their influence become stronger over time due to early and significant contributions, or does it decline with the emergence of other contemporary donors?

Keywords: Colonialism; Foreign aid; Donors; Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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