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The institutions and policies of aid-recipient countries and aid effectiveness: The case of Afghanistan

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  • Nematullah Bizhan

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The aid effectiveness principles have limits if the recipient is fragile. The problem of relevance exists if the recipient has an authoritarian or totalitarian regime. In situations of weak statehood and fragility, a large portion of aid would likely bypass the state because of high demand for service delivery, weak state capacity and because the principles exclude military assistance. If a regime lacks national and international legitimacy and violates citizens' fundamental rights and international norms, aligning aid to the objectives of such a regime may be counterproductive.

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  • Nematullah Bizhan, 2023. "The institutions and policies of aid-recipient countries and aid effectiveness: The case of Afghanistan," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2023-40, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
    • Handle: RePEc:unu:wpaper:wp-2023-40
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