@inbook{183616,
  author = {Faisal Z. Ahmed},
  title = {Foreign aid and repression},
  abstract = { <p style="text-align:justify">
	<span style="text-autospace:none">Despite the democracy-enhancing intentions of most donors, foreign aid can often offer opportunities for governments to politically repress their populations. This chapter~argues and presents evidence that aid from the world{\textquoteright}s largest bilateral donor {\textendash} the United States {\textendash} harms political rights in recipient countries. U.S. aid does so by weakening government accountability via the taxation channel. These findings run counter to the stated intentions of the U.S. government{\textendash} and other bilateral donors {\textendash} to foster political liberalization abroad via bilateral economic assistance.</span>
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 },
  year = {2019},
  journal = {Lessons in Foreign Aid and Economic Development: Micro and Macro Perspectives},
  publisher = {Palgrave MacMillan},
  language = {eng},
}