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Foreign Aid in Dangerous Places: The Donors and Mali's Democracy

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Mali long seemed a model, low-income democracy. Yet, in a few short weeks in early 2012, more than half of the territory came under the military control of an Islamist secessionist movement, and a military coup deposed the democratically-elected government in the capital. Given the substantial amount of foreign aid received by the democratic regime in the years before these events, this paper asks whether or not foreign aid could have done more to prevent the present outcomes. The paper concludes that it is very difficult to make such an assessment.

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  • Nicolas van de Walle, 2012. "Foreign Aid in Dangerous Places: The Donors and Mali's Democracy," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2012-061, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
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    1. Maiden, Emily & Brockway, Mark, 2018. "Parlez-vous français? Language and agricultural aid allocation strategies in northern Mali," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 106(C), pages 356-375.
    2. Dijkstra, Geske, 2018. "Aid and good governance: Examining aggregate unintended effects of aid," Evaluation and Program Planning, Elsevier, vol. 68(C), pages 225-232.
    3. Sten Hagberg & Gabriella Körling, 2012. "Socio-political Turmoil in Mali: The Public Debate Following the Coup d’État on 22 March 2012," Africa Spectrum, Institute of African Affairs, GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies, Hamburg, vol. 47(2-3), pages 111-125.
    4. Hartmann, Simon, 2013. "Collaborative capacity building as an approach to more effective development cooperation: Lessons from the nation building experience in Burundi (2002-2008)," Briefing Papers 7, Austrian Foundation for Development Research (ÖFSE).

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    Economic assistance and foreign aid; Equality and inequality; Social conflict;
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