The Impact of Foreign Aid on Human Rights Violations

Despite the vast amount of literature on the effects of foreign aid on democratic and economic structures in the recipient countries, there is a lack of studies focusing on the effect of aid on human rights violations. I consider democracy and human rights as two related concepts and thus any such...

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Main Author: Natalie Sophie Cebulla
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Association for Political Science Students (IAPSS) 2013-06-01
Series:Politikon
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Online Access:https://politikon.iapss.org/index.php/politikon/article/view/162
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description Despite the vast amount of literature on the effects of foreign aid on democratic and economic structures in the recipient countries, there is a lack of studies focusing on the effect of aid on human rights violations. I consider democracy and human rights as two related concepts and thus any such effects should also be taken into account. This paper aims at finding out whether there is a relationship at all between aid and human rights. I will finish by concluding that there is a slight correlation at the macro level and politics needs to consider this when distributing aid.
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spelling doaj.art-612e7c50bc934b1fade899c40316b96c2023-10-13T18:23:38ZengInternational Association for Political Science Students (IAPSS)Politikon2414-66332013-06-012010.22151/politikon.20.5The Impact of Foreign Aid on Human Rights ViolationsNatalie Sophie Cebulla0University of Mannheim Despite the vast amount of literature on the effects of foreign aid on democratic and economic structures in the recipient countries, there is a lack of studies focusing on the effect of aid on human rights violations. I consider democracy and human rights as two related concepts and thus any such effects should also be taken into account. This paper aims at finding out whether there is a relationship at all between aid and human rights. I will finish by concluding that there is a slight correlation at the macro level and politics needs to consider this when distributing aid. https://politikon.iapss.org/index.php/politikon/article/view/162democracyforeign aidhuman rights
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title The Impact of Foreign Aid on Human Rights Violations
title_full The Impact of Foreign Aid on Human Rights Violations
title_fullStr The Impact of Foreign Aid on Human Rights Violations
title_full_unstemmed The Impact of Foreign Aid on Human Rights Violations
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