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Beyond Electoral Democracy: Foreign Aid and the Challenge of Deepening Democracy in Benin

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In the 1990s, analysts were almost unanimous in considering Benin to be one of the most important aid recipients among the newly democratizing African countries. After more than two decades of democratic practice, the country has clearly completed the phase of democratic transition. In this study, I argue that the main present-day political challenges in Benin are related both to the quality or deepening of democracy and to poverty reduction.

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  • Mamoudou Gazibo, 2012. "Beyond Electoral Democracy: Foreign Aid and the Challenge of Deepening Democracy in Benin," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2012-033, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
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    1. Lancaster, Carol, 1999. "Aid to Africa," University of Chicago Press Economics Books, University of Chicago Press, edition 1, number 9780226468389, September.
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    1. Piccolino, Giulia, 2014. "A Democratic Rentier State? Taxation, Aid Dependency, and Political Representation in Benin," GIGA Working Papers 253, GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies.

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