Foreign aid and statehood in Africa
Foreign aid and statehood in Africa
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DOI：
10.1162/002081801551432
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发表时间：
2001-12-01
影响因子：
7.8
通讯作者：
Goldsmith, AA
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作者：
Goldsmith, AA
外国援助摧毁了非洲的国家机构吗？非洲国家依靠发展援助进行基本的政府运作，但这些国家中没有几个在提供公共产品方面治理良好或有效。这两个趋势--不断增加的外国援助和停滞不前或不断下降的国家绩效--提出了一个显而易见的问题：对援助的依赖是否会导致非洲的暴政和国家失败？许多批评人士认为，这两种现象是相关的。我发现他们并非如此。我的分析没有显示出援助收据与民主和经济自由这两项指标之间的负关联。相反，证据与援助与这些国家绩效指标之间的小而积极的关系是一致的。由于国际社会似乎一心想要减少对外援助，一个重要的问题是非洲国家如何在减少对外援助的情况下保持和改善自己的表现。
Has foreign aid destroyed state institutions in Africa? African states depend on development assistance to conduct basic government operations, yet few of these states are well governed or effective at providing public goods. The two trends, mounting foreign aid and static or diminishing state performance, raise an obvious question: Is aid dependency contributing to misrule and state failure in Africa? Many critics argue the two phenomena are related. I find they are not. My analysis fails to show a negative association between aid receipts and two measures of democracy and economic freedom. Instead, the evidence is consistent with a small, positive relationship between aid and these indicators of state performance. Since the international community seems bent on reducing foreign aid, an important issue is how African states can maintain and improve their performance with less foreign assistance.