Democratization in Malawi: Responding to International and Domestic Pressures
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Democratization in Malawi : Responding to International and Domestic Pressures. / Emmanuel, Nikolas G.
I: African and Asian Studies, Bind 12, Nr. 4, 12.2013, s. 415-434.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Democratization in Malawi
T2 - Responding to International and Domestic Pressures
AU - Emmanuel, Nikolas G.
N1 - Democratization in Malawi:
PY - 2013/12
Y1 - 2013/12
N2 - Donors hope that their foreign aid can be influential, far beyond the development projects that they fund. Frequently, aid providers attach political conditions to their monies in the hope that these demands can serve as catalysts to improve the governance in the recipient. This is called a political conditionality approach. Few countries have felt the weight of conditionality as much as Malawi did in the 1990s. Here, donors were able to use aid sanctions to successfully encourage democratization, while strengthening the demands of domestic opposition forces. This paper argues that three factors were critical in this process: 1) aid dependency, 2) donor coordination, and 3) a strong and persistent domestic opposition. With their combined weight, foreign donors and Malawian civil society were able to change the tide in this once highly authoritarian country.
AB - Donors hope that their foreign aid can be influential, far beyond the development projects that they fund. Frequently, aid providers attach political conditions to their monies in the hope that these demands can serve as catalysts to improve the governance in the recipient. This is called a political conditionality approach. Few countries have felt the weight of conditionality as much as Malawi did in the 1990s. Here, donors were able to use aid sanctions to successfully encourage democratization, while strengthening the demands of domestic opposition forces. This paper argues that three factors were critical in this process: 1) aid dependency, 2) donor coordination, and 3) a strong and persistent domestic opposition. With their combined weight, foreign donors and Malawian civil society were able to change the tide in this once highly authoritarian country.
KW - Faculty of Social Sciences
KW - Malawi
KW - Conditionality
KW - Democratization
KW - Foreign Assistance
KW - Democratization
KW - Malawi
KW - Foreign Assistance
KW - Conditionality
M3 - Journal article
VL - 12
SP - 415
EP - 434
JO - African and Asian Studies
JF - African and Asian Studies
SN - 1569-2094
IS - 4
ER -
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