Aid and authoritarianism in Africa

In 2013 almost half of Africa’s top aid recipients were ruled by authoritarian regimes. While the West may claim to promote democracy and human rights, in practice major bilateral and international donors, such as USAID, DFID,the World Bank and the European Commission, have seen their aid policies b...

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description In 2013 almost half of Africa’s top aid recipients were ruled by authoritarian regimes. While the West may claim to promote democracy and human rights, in practice major bilateral and international donors, such as USAID, DFID,the World Bank and the European Commission, have seen their aid policies become ever more entangled with the survival of their authoritarian protégés. Local citizens thus find themselves at the receiving end of a compromisebetween aid agencies and government elites, in which development policies are shaped in the interests of maintaining the status quo. Aid and Authoritarianism in Africa sheds light on the political intricacies and moral dilemmas raised by the relationship between foreign aid and autocratic rule in Africa. Through contributions by leading experts exploring the revival of authoritarian development politics in Ethiopia, Uganda, Rwanda, Cameroon, Mozambique and Angola, the book exposes shifting donor interests and rhetoric as well as the impact of foreign aid on military assistance, rural development, electoral processes and domestic politics. In the process, it raises an urgent and too often neglected question: to what extent are foreign aid programmes actually perpetuating authoritarian rule?
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-946052024-03-28T10:54:27Z Aid and authoritarianism in Africa Hagmann, Tobias Reyntjens, Filip Development aid Foreign aid Aid evaluation Development policy Authoritarianism Political systems Political development Democratization Democracy Case studies Africa Angola Cameroon Ethiopia Uganda Mozambique thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTP Development studies thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPH Political structure and processes::JPHX Political structures: totalitarianism and dictatorship thema EDItEUR::1 Place qualifiers::1H Africa In 2013 almost half of Africa’s top aid recipients were ruled by authoritarian regimes. While the West may claim to promote democracy and human rights, in practice major bilateral and international donors, such as USAID, DFID,the World Bank and the European Commission, have seen their aid policies become ever more entangled with the survival of their authoritarian protégés. Local citizens thus find themselves at the receiving end of a compromisebetween aid agencies and government elites, in which development policies are shaped in the interests of maintaining the status quo. Aid and Authoritarianism in Africa sheds light on the political intricacies and moral dilemmas raised by the relationship between foreign aid and autocratic rule in Africa. Through contributions by leading experts exploring the revival of authoritarian development politics in Ethiopia, Uganda, Rwanda, Cameroon, Mozambique and Angola, the book exposes shifting donor interests and rhetoric as well as the impact of foreign aid on military assistance, rural development, electoral processes and domestic politics. In the process, it raises an urgent and too often neglected question: to what extent are foreign aid programmes actually perpetuating authoritarian rule? 2022-12-06T16:13:38Z 2022-12-06T16:13:38Z 2016 book ONIX_20221206_9781783606306_128 9781783606306 9781783606283 9781783606290 9781783606313 9781783606320 9781350218369 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/94605 eng Africa Now image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://bloomsbury.com/9781783606283 http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:nai:diva-2035 The Nordic Africa Institute and Zed Books (Bloomsbury) Zed Books 10.5040/9781350218369 10.5040/9781350218369 7ee4a7c6-060a-4f97-b274-d06b79c44563 9781783606306 9781783606283 9781783606290 9781783606313 9781783606320 9781350218369 Zed Books 186 Uppsala; London open access
spellingShingle Development aid
Foreign aid
Aid evaluation
Development policy
Authoritarianism
Political systems
Political development
Democratization
Democracy
Case studies
Africa
Angola
Cameroon
Ethiopia
Uganda
Mozambique
thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTP Development studies
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPH Political structure and processes::JPHX Political structures: totalitarianism and dictatorship
thema EDItEUR::1 Place qualifiers::1H Africa
Aid and authoritarianism in Africa
title Aid and authoritarianism in Africa
title_full Aid and authoritarianism in Africa
title_fullStr Aid and authoritarianism in Africa
title_full_unstemmed Aid and authoritarianism in Africa
title_short Aid and authoritarianism in Africa
title_sort aid and authoritarianism in africa
topic Development aid
Foreign aid
Aid evaluation
Development policy
Authoritarianism
Political systems
Political development
Democratization
Democracy
Case studies
Africa
Angola
Cameroon
Ethiopia
Uganda
Mozambique
thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTP Development studies
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPH Political structure and processes::JPHX Political structures: totalitarianism and dictatorship
thema EDItEUR::1 Place qualifiers::1H Africa
topic_facet Development aid
Foreign aid
Aid evaluation
Development policy
Authoritarianism
Political systems
Political development
Democratization
Democracy
Case studies
Africa
Angola
Cameroon
Ethiopia
Uganda
Mozambique
thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTP Development studies
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPH Political structure and processes::JPHX Political structures: totalitarianism and dictatorship
thema EDItEUR::1 Place qualifiers::1H Africa
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