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

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  • Zohid Askarov
  • Hristos Doucouliagos

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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

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  • Zohid Askarov & Hristos Doucouliagos, 2013. "Does aid improve democracy and governance? A meta-regression analysis," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 157(3), pages 601-628, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:pubcho:v:157:y:2013:i:3:p:601-628
    DOI: 10.1007/s11127-013-0081-y
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    Democracy; Governance; Institutions; Development aid; Meta-regression analysis; F35; O10; O43;
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    • F35 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - Foreign Aid
    • O10 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - General
    • O43 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - Institutions and Growth

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