Aid's impact on democracy

Niño‐Zarazúa, Miguel; Horigoshi, Ana; Gisselquist, Rachel M.

doi:10.35188/unu-wider/2022/146-4

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“…The review of the literature comprises academic analyses and evaluations, which were officially published either in scientific outlets or by donor organisations themselves. For an excellent synthesis of the findings from a quantitative analysis, we refer readers to the recent Expert Group for Aid Studies (EBA) study on democracy aid (Niño-Zarazúa et al, 2020). Overall, this review illustrates where the field stands and where reforms in evaluation practice are needed.…”

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What works in democracy support? How to fill evidence and usability gaps through evaluation

Leininger,

Schiller

2023

Evaluation

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The evidence generated and used in development cooperation has changed remarkably over the last decades. When it comes to the field of democracy support, these developments have been less significant. Routinised, evidence-based programming is far from a reality here. Compared to other fields, the goals of the interventions and assumed theories of change remain underspecified. Under these circumstances, evaluating and learning is difficult, and as a result, evidence gaps remain large and the translation of evidence into action often unsuccessful. This is particularly dramatic at a time when this field is regaining attention amid global autocratisation trends. In this article, we analyse the specific barriers and challenges democracy support faces to generate and use evidence. Furthermore, we identify evidence gaps and propose impact-oriented accompanying research as an evaluation approach that can make a significant contribution towards advancing the evidence agenda in this field.

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Section: Evidence: What Do We (Not) Know About the Effects Of Democra...mentioning

confidence: 99%

What works in democracy support? How to fill evidence and usability gaps through evaluation

Leininger,

Schiller

2023

Evaluation

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“…It might lessen the need for taxation, thus reducing the scope for revenue bargaining (Moore 2008). Alternatively, donors might disburse aid strategically to reward democratization (Kersting and Kilby 2014), development aid (and democracy aid) can positively impact democratic outcomes (Niño-Zarazúa et al 2022), or more generally aid may support domestic resource mobilization (Morrissey 2015). Omitting aid would risk biasing the coefficient on tax.…”

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