Buchbeitrag
Togo: Thorny transitions and misguided aid at the roots of economic misery
The parliamentary elections of October 2007, the first free Togolese elections since decades, were meant to correct at least partially the rigged presidential elections of 2005. Western donors considered it as a litmus test of despotic African regimes’ propensity to change towards democratization and economic prosperity. They took Togo as model to test their approach of political conditionality of aid, which had been emphasised also as corner stone of the joint EU-Africa strategy. Empirical findings on the linkage between democratization and economic performance are challenged in this paper because of its basic data deficiencies. It is open to question, whether Togo’s expected economic consolidation and growth will be due to democratization of its institutions or to the improved external environment, notably the growing competition between global players for African natural resources.
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Englisch
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In: Elections and democratization in West Africa 1990 – 2009 ; Year: 2011 ; Pages: 179-210 ; Ed(s).: Saine, Abdoulaye ; N'Diaye, Boubacar ; Houngnikpo, Mathurin ; ISBN: 1-59221-773-7 ; Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press (AWP)
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Wirtschaft
Foreign Aid
Economywide Country Studies: Africa
Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements
Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification
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Democratization
Fragile states
Togo
West Africa
Development Aid
Transition
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Kohnert, Dirk
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Veröffentlichung
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Africa World Press
ZBW - Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft
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Trenton, NJ
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2011
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- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ
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Beteiligte
- Kohnert, Dirk
- Africa World Press
- ZBW - Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft
Entstanden
- 2011
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