Donor’s double talk undermines African agency: comparative study of civic agency in Burkina Faso and Togo
Abstract: Despite a long-standing controversy about aid-effectiveness in general and the impact of aid-dependency on governance in particular, little is known on the effect of donors policies on civic agency for democratization in aid dependent autocratic regimes. In this study it is argued that the long-term effects of double-talk of donors, who openly promote democracy and freedom but covertly follow overriding hidden interest, are a neglected source of failure of civic protest and democratic revolutions in autocratic regimes. The differing outcome of 'democratic revolutions' in Togo and Burkina Faso - both 'aid darlings' for decades-serves to substantiate this thesis. A systematic and holistic consideration is necessary for an unbiased evaluation of the hidden adverse impact of aid on collective action at the grassroots. Therefore, a rethinking of temporal and disciplinary 'fault lines' in development politics as well as in development studies is essential
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Die Doppelzüngigkeit der Entwicklungshilfe-Geber unterminiert afrikanische Handlungsfähigkeit in Hilfe-abhängigen Ländern: Vergleichende Studie ziviler Handlungsmacht in Burkina Faso und Togo
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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource, 19 S.
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Englisch
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Veröffentlichungsversion
begutachtet (peer reviewed)
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Politik
- URN
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urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-55982-5
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Open Access; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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25.03.2025, 13:44 MEZ
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- 2015