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The Role and Responsibility of Foreign Aid in Recipient Political Settlements
Author(s) -
Yanguas Pablo
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of international development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.533
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1099-1328
pISSN - 0954-1748
DOI - 10.1002/jid.3269
Subject(s) - settlement (finance) , legitimation , utilitarianism , incentive , politics , value (mathematics) , political science , law and economics , ideal (ethics) , human settlement , political economy , aid effectiveness , normative , sociology , positive economics , public relations , economics , law , economic growth , market economy , developing country , payment , engineering , finance , machine learning , computer science , waste management
This article revisits the basic concept of political settlement by using an incumbent–challenger ideal type, and defines the mechanisms through which a settlement is influenced by foreign aid: diffusion, legitimation and brokerage. The new framework illustrates how aid may support continuity or change and allows for an interrogation of the ethical implications of donor choices. Challenging the implicit utilitarianism prevalent in current agendas and practices in the development community, this analysis highlights the inescapable value judgements that must guide international assistance, despite the significant structural incentives to focus on supposedly calculable risks and results. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.