Do Different Political Regime Types Use Foreign Aid Differently to Improve Human Development?
Description:
Existing literature on foreign aid does not indicate what type of political regime is best to achieve human development outcomes or use aid funds more efficiently. I contend that political leaders of different regime types have personal incentives that motivate them to utilize foreign aid to reflect their interests in providing more or less basic social services for their citizens. Using a data set of 126 aid-recipient countries between the years of 1990 and 2007, I employ fixed effects estima…
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Date:
December 2009
Creator:
Phan, Thu Anh
Partner:
UNT Libraries