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European aid to the MENA region after the Arab uprisings: A window of opportunity missed

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  • Thilo Bodenstein
  • Mark Furness

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European official development assistance to Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) countries increased sharply after 2011, ostensibly in support of the social, economic, and above all political changes demanded by the Arab uprisings. The subsequent turn to development policies driven by security and anti-migration agendas, especially following the Syria refugee crisis in the autumn of 2015, raises the question whether initial expressions of support for democratic transformation expressed by European donors were ever backed by concrete measures.

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  • Thilo Bodenstein & Mark Furness, 2023. "European aid to the MENA region after the Arab uprisings: A window of opportunity missed," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2023-48, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
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