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Book SynopsisDespite impressive economic growth rates over the last decade, foreign aid still plays a significant role in Africa''s political economies. This book asks when, why, and how foreign aid has facilitated, or hindered, democratization in sub-Saharan Africa. Instead of looking at foreign aid as a monolithic resource, the book examines the disparate impacts of aid specifically intended for development outcomes and aid explicitly aimed at democracy promotion. Careful attention is also given to examining the role of various aid modalities, including general budget support, and the influence of non-traditional donors. In doing so, the authors use a combination of cross-country quantitative analyses and in-depth case studies of Benin, Ghana, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Tanzania, and Zambia based on recent interviews with donors, government officials, and civil society organizations. Unlike other work on aid and democracy, the book carefully considers how foreign aid affects various elements of th
Trade ReviewCombining scholarly rigor with incisive policy analysis, the editors and their top-notch group of contributors skillfully dissect the effects of political and developmental aid on democratization in Africa. The examination of non-Western aid alongside Western aid and the rich country case studies are additional pluses. An invaluable, long overdue study, decisively filling a major gap in the literature both on African politics and on international aid. * Thomas Carothers, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace *
Table of Contents1. Introduction: Why Aid and Democracy? Why Africa? ; 2. Democratization in Africa: What Role for External Actors? ; 3. Foreign Aid and Democratic Development in Africa ; 4. Foreign Aid in Dangerous Places: The Donors and Mali's Democracy ; 5. Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: The Limits of Foreign Aid on Malawi's Democratic Consolidation ; 6. The Changing Dynamics of Foreign Aid and Democracy in Mozambique ; 7. Donor Assistance and Political Reform in Tanzania ; 8. Foreign Aid and Democratic Consolidation in Zambia ; 9. Beyond Electoral Democracy: Foreign Aid and the Challenge of Deepening Democracy in Benin ; 10. Ghana: The Limits of External Democracy Assistance ; 11. Conclusions and Policy Recommendations
