Mozambique, Political development, Angola, Aid evaluation, Development aid, Ethiopia, International relief, Africa, politiska aspekter, Democracy, Political systems, Internationellt utvecklingssamarbete, Authoritarianism, Ekonomisk hjälp, Afrika, Development policy, Totalitära stater, Democratization, Foreign aid, Cameroon, Uganda 

Africa Now 

"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. 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." 

Notes:
1. Discourses of democracy, practices of autocracy: shifting meanings of democracy in the aid-authoritarianism nexus / Rita Abrahemsen -- 2. Aid to Rwanda: unstoppable rock, immovable post / Zoë Marriage -- 3. Authoritarianism and the securitization of development in Uganda / David M. Anderson and Jonathan Fisher -- 4. Ethiopia and international aid: development between high modernism and exceptional measures / Emanuele Fantini and Luca Puddu -- 5. Donors and the making of 'credible' elections in Cameroon / Marie-Emmanuelle Pommerolle -- 6. Foreign aid and political settlements: contrasting the Mozambican and Angola cases / Helena Pérez Niño and Philippe le Billon -- Conclusion: democracy fatigue and the ghost of modernization theory / Nocolas Van de Walle

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