Putting Money to Mouths: Rewarding and Punishing Human Rights Behaviors

摘要: Do foreign aid donors reward recipients for good human rights and democracy records? In contrast to previous studies, we argue that donor states are interested in reproduction, influencing recipient adopt domestic practices similar their own. This theory of behavior produces different hypotheses than those previously tested. particular, expect will changes a recipient’s level or respect bring the closer donor. Once become more donors, however, allocate resources away from states. is because prefer utilize scarce who actively changing ways them donors. We find change like receive significant increases while already large decreases aid.