The Impact of Aid Dynamics on State Effectiveness and Legitimacy
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Authors
Barma, Naazneen H.
Levy, Naomi
Piombo, Jessica
Subjects
Foreign aid
State effectiveness
Government legitimacy
Development assistance
Public service delivery
State effectiveness
Government legitimacy
Development assistance
Public service delivery
Advisors
Date of Issue
2020
Date
2020
Publisher
Springer
Language
en_US
Abstract
Efforts to build state capacity in developing countries are often predicated on the assumption that external partners can help states improve their effectiveness and earn legitimacy by providing aid for public service provision. In a theory-building exercise, this paper advances a typology of aid dynamics in order to afford a granular picture of how development assistance for public service provision interacts with internal gover- nance processes in recipient countries. Developing a conjunctural conceptualization of aid dynamics, we articulate how the impact of foreign aid depends not just on how much money is involved but also on whether donors or recipient governments are more influential in designing and implementing aid programs. We illustrate the descriptive utility of this typology by applying it to our empirical research on aid in the health and education sectors in Cambodia, Laos, and Uganda. We also probe causal expectations emerging from the typology, anticipating that aid for public service delivery has distinct and separate effects on state effectiveness and legitimacy depending on the precise aid conjuncture through which it is conceived and delivered. We conclude with sugges- tions for further research on the impact of foreign aid on state–society relations through the lens of public service delivery.
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Article
Description
The article of record as published may be found at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12116-020-09304-7
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National Security Affairs (NSA)
Organization
Naval Postgraduate School
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Sponsors
This paper forms part of a broader research project led by the three co-authors and funded by a multi-year Minerva Research Initiative grant awarded in 2013.
Funder
This paper forms part of a broader research project led by the three co-authors and funded by a multi-year Minerva Research Initiative grant awarded in 2013.
Format
20 p.
Citation
Barma, Naazneen H., Naomi Levy, and Jessica Piombo. "The Impact of Aid Dynamics on State Effectiveness and Legitimacy." Stud Comp Int Dev 55.2 (2020).
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.