Freytag, Andreas; Heckelman, Jac C. - In: Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE) 168 (2012) 4, pp. 636-657
Over the past 20 years, democracy promotion has become a pillar of USAID´s mission. We assess the success of US aid by testing whether it is enhancing democracy in a panel of 26 transition countries. Using Freedom House Nations in Transit data, we find that aid has generally not been a...