Does Foreign Aid Promote Democracy

By Stephen F. Knack. 2004

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Foreign Aid, Human Rights and Democracy Promotion: Evidence from a Natural Experiment (2017, background): “…post-Cold War period (Bermeo 2016; Dunning 2004; Fearon, Humphreys and Weinstein 2009),4 other scholars argue that foreign aid has either no effect (Knack 2004) or a negative effect on rights and democracy (Burnside and 3We deliberately focus on political liberalization defined broadly: inclusive…”
Natural resources, aid, and democratization: A best-case scenario (2007, methodology): “This approach to democratization has a distinguished history, including the landmark works of Moore (1966) and Rueschemeyer, Stephens, and Stephens (1992). The most important recent contributions are by Boix (2003) and Acemoglu and Robinson (2001, 2006), who have used methods and theories developed ”
Rogue Aid? The Determinants of China's Aid Allocation (2011, result): “However, other results raise doubts on whether aid for the promotion of democracy and governance is indeed effective (see Knack 2004; Busse and Gröning 2009).”
The curse of aid (2008, methodology): “Finally, our instrumentation strategy is different from the one presented in Knack (2004) .”
Aid Is Not Oil: Donor Utility, Heterogeneous Aid, and the Aid-Democratization Relationship (2015, unknown): “Knack 2004.”
In the Shadow of Democracy Promotion (2009, unknown): “On average, countries that hold internationally certified elections are promised more international benefits (Bjornlund, 2004, pp. 20-30; Bratton, 1998, p. 53; Burnell, 2000; Crawford, 2001, p. 2; Dunning, 2004; Knack, 2004, p. 252; McFaul, 2004, p. 157).12 As a result, elections and election”
Foreign Aid and Regime Change: A Role for Donor Intent (2011, unknown): “However, as Brautigam and Knack (2004) point out, there is difficulty in disentangling other effects of the end of the cold war from any increased emphasis on democratization by donors.”
Sovereign rents and the quality of tax policy and administration (2008, background): “Most of these studies have found that higher aid levels reduce tax effort (e.g. Remmer, 2004; Brautigam and Knack, 2004; Devarajan, Rajkumar and Swaroop, 1999; Feyzioglu, Swaroop and Zhu, 1998; Boone, 1996), but a few others find no effect or even a positive effect (e.g. Gupta, 2007).”
The economics of the democratic deficit: The effect of IMF programs on inequality (2016, background): “…effects of international aid on governance (Knack 2000), scholars who are skeptical about the beneficial effects of aid on democratic institutions (Knack 2004), and scholars who emphasize that multilateral organizations can interfere with the functioning of domestic democracy (Gartzke and Naoi…”
Coercive or Corrosive: The Negative Impact of Economic Sanctions on Democracy (2010, background): “…others, scholars address the effect of various factors including financial and institutional assistance (Carothers 1999; Carothers and Ottoway 2005; Knack 2004); economic globalization—that is, international economic and financial crises, trade openness, foreign direct investment, and financial…”