Africa beyond aid? The effects of foreign aid withdrawal on party competition and clientelism: evidence from Ghana

• In Event: Foreign Aid, Foreign Relations and Development in Contemporary Africa

Brief Overview

I study the political effects of foreign aid withdrawal in beneficiary African countries. I then investigate this relationship in a district-level analysis of aid disbursements in Ghana, which witnessed a sharp withdrawal in aid after 2008.

Author

• Avi Ahuja, New York University