The international community has donated nearly one trillion dollars during the last four decades to reconstruct postconflict countries. Where did the money go? This book argues that foreign aid only fosters reconstruction when postconflict leaders are desperate for income and thus depend on aid that comes with reconstruction strings attached.
The international community has donated nearly one trillion dollars during the last four decades to reconstruct postconflict countries. Where did the money go? This book argues that foreign aid only fosters reconstruction when postconflict leaders are desperate for income and thus depend on aid that comes with reconstruction strings attached.
Desha Girod specializes in the political economy of fragile states. Specifically, she focuses on civil conflict, financial flows to developing countries, and colonial institutions. Her research appears in the American Journal of Political Science, Comparative Political Studies, Conflict Management and Peace Science, and the Journal of North African Studies. Girod is a faculty affiliate of Georgetown's African Studies Program and a member of the Executive Committee of Georgetown's Center for Latin American Studies. Professor Girod received her Ph.D. in Political Science from Stanford. She also held a postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford's Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law.
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List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Abbreviations Prologue Section 1: The Problem and The Argument 1. Phoenix States after Civil War 2. Reconstruction against All Odds Section II: Testing the Argument with Data 3. Statistical Analysis of Postconflict Reconstruction 4. Statistical Analysis of Postconflict Coup Risk Section III: Using Case Studies to Examine the Argument 5. Similar Background, Different Windfall: Mozambique and Angola 6. Same Country, Change in Windfall: Uganda Section IV: Lessons for Postconflict Reconstruction and a Look to the Future 7. Improving Aid Effectiveness after Civil War Bibliography
List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Abbreviations Prologue Section 1: The Problem and The Argument 1. Phoenix States after Civil War 2. Reconstruction against All Odds Section II: Testing the Argument with Data 3. Statistical Analysis of Postconflict Reconstruction 4. Statistical Analysis of Postconflict Coup Risk Section III: Using Case Studies to Examine the Argument 5. Similar Background, Different Windfall: Mozambique and Angola 6. Same Country, Change in Windfall: Uganda Section IV: Lessons for Postconflict Reconstruction and a Look to the Future 7. Improving Aid Effectiveness after Civil War Bibliography
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