CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2014
| Author | Aghabekyan, Liana |
|---|---|
| Title | The impact of development aid on the level of democracy: Case of Armenia |
| Summary | The relationship between development aid and the level of democracy of aid recipient country has been a debatable issue among scholars. This thesis examines the impact of development aid on the level of democracy in Armenia for the time period from 2003 to 2012. Firstly, the relationship between the two is analyzed through bivariate correlation. Secondly, development policies of United States Agency for International Development (USAID), World Bank (WB) and European Union (EU) institutions are critically discussed from the perspective of integration of democracy assistance into development aid. The results of correlation observe no statistically significant relationship between the variables. The detailed analysis of USAID, WB and EU institutions reveal that the three major donors of the country had quite different approaches for combining development aid and democracy promotion, reflected in the inconsistency of their development policies. Thus, it is concluded that the absence of consistent policies of major donors undermined the impact that more targeted development policies could have on the democracy level of Armenia, resulting in no significant impact of development aid on the level of democracy. |
| Supervisor | Andrew Cartwright |
| Department | Public Policy MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2014/aghabekyan_liana.pdf |
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