Aid, accountability, and institution-building in Ethiopia: A comparative analysis of donor practice
Abstract
Forty billion dollars of official development assistance during 1991-2012 reduced Ethiopian absolute poverty while underwriting more efficient but exclusionary public institutions. This aid-institutions paradox reflects a strong interest-alignment between major donors pursuing geostrategic objectives and poverty reduction, and a ruling-party seeking total institutional capture, fully-owned development programmes, and a developmental state with legitimizing poverty reduction. Disagreement on democratization predictably produced lackluster progress. By prioritizing adequate space for fundamental non-state stakeholders, a coalition of major donors can and must institutionalize accountability by conditioning scaled-up aid at least with respect for human rights and the rule of law.
Citation
Abegaz, B. Aid, accountability, and institution-building in Ethiopia: A comparative analysis of donor practice. UNU-WIDER, Helsinki, Finland (2013) 34 pp. ISBN 978-92-9230-660-1 [WIDER Working Paper No. 2013/083]
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Aid, accountability, and institution-building in Ethiopia: A comparative analysis of donor practice