This study draws on a rigorous systematic review-to our knowledge the first in this area-to
take stock of the literature on aid and democracy. It asks: Does aid-especially democracy aid …

The key to the impact of international election support is credibility; credible elections are
less likely to turn violent. So argues Inken von Borzyskowski in The Credibility Challenge, in …

A country's democracy improves when it receives democracy aid from more donor countries.
This finding appears surprising from a development perspective, as the presence of a large …

Classifying political regimes has never been as difficult as in this day and age. Most regimes
in the world now hold de-jure multiparty elections with universal suffrage. Yet, in some …

How has the post-2015 democratic rollback in Poland impacted its support for the
democratization of Ukraine and Belarus? Conventional wisdom is that countries undergoing …

This study draws on a rigorous systematic review—to our knowledge the first in this area—to
take stock of the literature on aid and democracy. It asks: Does aid—especially democracy …

In principle, aid from donor organizations to developing countries should be based on need
and the likelihood of positive impact, but political biases may intrude into decisions about aid …

Democracy aid is a significant component of development cooperation. 1 Support for
fundamental freedoms, the role of democracy for development, 2 and strategic foreign policy …

As noted by other contributions to this special issue, an American perspective shapes many
leading quantitative datasets used by international relations scholars. This tendency can …

Democracy and the rule of law are slowly deteriorating in several countries around the
world, including some member states of the European Union. There are many reasons for …