Donors, dictators and democrats in Africa
Donors, dictators and democrats in Africa
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非洲的捐助者、独裁者和民主人士
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10.1017/s0022278x01003664
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发表时间：
2001
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A. Goldsmith
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作者：
A. Goldsmith
非洲国家是人均接受外援最多的国家之一。许多批评者指责这种援助助长了独裁，破坏了民主。这篇文章持相反的观点。报告分析了上世纪90年代向撒哈拉以南非洲国家提供的发展援助数额与其政治制度变化之间的关系。有经验证据表明，专制、不具代表性的政府在非洲日渐式微。这些数据还表明，在20世纪90年代，发展援助与民主化之间存在着积极的、尽管很小的相关性。许多非洲国家目前面临的问题是，如何在较少外部支持的情况下，自己巩固和扩大这些改革。
African countries are among those receiving the most foreign aid per capita. Many detractors blame that aid for encouraging dictatorship and undermining democracy. This article takes a contrary view. It analyses the relationship between the amount of development assistance given to sub-Saharan countries in the 1990s, and changes in their political systems. There is empirical evidence that arbitrary, unrepresentative government diminished in Africa. The data also suggest a positive, though small, correlation between development assistance and democratisation in the 1990s. The issue now facing many African countries is how to consolidate and extend these reforms on their own, with less external support.