Does Aid Promote Electoral Integrity?

• Published in: The Journal of development studies Vol. 56; no. 6; pp. 1067 - 1094
• Main Authors: Uberti, Luca J., Jackson, David
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Routledge 02.06.2020; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Cost analysis; Democracy; Donors; Elections; Expenditures; Indexes; Intervention; Morality; Panel data

Since the late 1990s, aid spending for elections has witnessed a dramatic increase. Yet, we lack a comprehensive evaluation of aid effectiveness in this particular programme area. Here, we investigate the impact of aid on electoral integrity using panel data on purpose-disaggregated aid disbursement...