Working Paper
Does aid support democracy?
This study draws on a rigorous systematic review—to our knowledge the first in this area—to take stock of the literature on aid and democracy. It asks: Does aid—especially democracy aid—have positive impact on democracy? How? What factors most...
Report
Effects of Swedish and international democracy aid
Democracy aid is a significant component of development cooperation. As a share of total aid, it has increased steadily since the mid-1990s. In 2018, countries in the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) devoted roughly 10 per cent of overseas...
Blog
Foreign aid can help stem the decline of democracy, if used in the right way
by
Rachel M. Gisselquist, Miguel Niño-Zarazúa
April 2021
Democracy is having a hard time. In India, once the world’s largest democracy, the pandemic has hastened the country’s slide toward authoritarianism...
Workshop
Subnational governance in Ghana – does decentralization improve democratic outcomes?
UNU-WIDER researchers in The state and statebuilding in the Global South — international and local interactions project attend an authors’ workshop at the London School of Economics. ( Download programme). Rachel Gisselquist, Daniel Chachu, and...
Mon, 13 December 2021
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Tue, 14 December 2021
Online,
United Kingdom
Past event
Presentation
Rachel M. Gisselquist and Miguel Niño-Zarazúa on Effectiveness of International & Swedish Democracy Aid for USAID
Miguel Niño-Zarazúa, Non-Resident Senior Research Fellow at UNU-WIDER, and Rachel M. Gisselquist, Senior Research Fellow at UNU-WIDER will be presenting and discussing the findings of the report Effects of Swedish and international democracy aid at...
Wed, 24 March 2021
Online,
United States
Past event
Working Paper
Aid's impact on democracy
This paper investigates the impact of foreign aid on democratic outcomes using a panel of countries for the period between 1995 and 2018. In so doing, it speaks to a major critique of foreign aid, which is that it negatively impacts democratic...
Working Paper
European aid to the MENA region after the Arab uprisings
European official development assistance to Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) countries increased sharply after 2011, ostensibly in support of the social, economic, and above all political changes demanded by the Arab uprisings. The subsequent...
News
Press release: New study shows democracy aid works
Does development cooperation aimed at strengthening democracy work? A new study from the Expert Group for Aid Studies (EBA) addresses critical knowledge gaps on aid assistance. The report, published today, is the most comprehensive study on democracy aid to date.
Presentation
Rachel M. Gisselquist and Miguel Niño-Zarazúa on Effectiveness of International & Swedish Democracy Aid for ICLD
On Tuesday, 16 February 2021 at 13:00 Stockholm time, Miguel Niño-Zarazúa, Non-Resident Senior Research Fellow at UNU-WIDER, and Rachel M. Gisselquist, Senior Research Fellow at UNU-WIDER will be presenting and discussing the findings of the report...
Tue, 16 February 2021
Online,
Stockholm,
Sweden
Past event
Presentation
Rachel M. Gisselquist and Miguel Niño-Zarazúa on Effectiveness of International & Swedish Democracy Aid for IFES
On Friday, 19 February 2021 at 08.30 EST, Miguel Niño-Zarazúa, Non-Resident Senior Research Fellow at UNU-WIDER, and Rachel M. Gisselquist, Senior Research Fellow at UNU-WIDER will be presenting and discussing the findings of the report Effects of...
Fri, 19 February 2021
Online,
United States
Past event
Presentation
Rachel M. Gisselquist and Miguel Niño-Zarazúa on Effectiveness of International & Swedish Democracy Aid for DEval
On Thursday, 11 March 2021 at 16:00 CET, Miguel Niño-Zarazúa, Non-Resident Senior Research Fellow at UNU-WIDER, and Rachel M. Gisselquist, Senior Research Fellow at UNU-WIDER will be presenting and discussing the findings of the report Effects of...
Thu, 11 March 2021
Online,
Bonn,
Germany
Past event
Presentation
Global governance and sustainable development: revitalizing research to support multilateral solutions
UNU-WIDER is represented at the 2024 Annual Meeting of the Academic Council of the United Nations (ACUNS) by Rachel M. Gisselquist, where she will share research findings on addressing gender and group-based inequalities and multilateral efforts to...
Thu, 20 June 2024
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Sat, 22 June 2024
United Nations University – Tokyo,
5-53-70, Jingumae, Shibuya-ku,
Tokyo,
Japan
Past event
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