The Amplification Effect: Foreign Aid's Impact on Political Institutions

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What is the 'amplification effect' in relation to foreign aid and political institutions?

It has a corrosive effect on political institutions, making them more dictatorial.

It only amplifies the existing political institutions in recipient countries. (correct)

It makes dictatorships more democratic and democracies more dictatorial.

It has the power to completely transform political institutions in recipient countries.

What is the first hypothesis regarding how foreign aid affects recipient countries' political institutions?

It sees aid as a corrosive force on political institutions.

It believes aid can completely transform political institutions.

It argues that aid has no impact on political regimes.

It is optimistic about aid's impact on political regimes. (correct)

What does the second hypothesis believe about the impact of foreign aid on recipient countries' political institutions?

Aid is a corrosive force that makes political institutions more dictatorial. (correct)

Aid strengthens democracy in already democratic countries.

Aid has the power to make dictatorships more democratic.

Aid has no impact on recipient countries' political institutions.

In what way does the 'amplification effect' impact already democratic countries according to the text?

It strengthens democracy in already democratic countries. Signup and view all the answers

What is the main argument of the paper regarding the impact of foreign aid on recipient countries' political institutions?

Aid only amplifies recipients' existing political institutions. Signup and view all the answers

What is the 'amplification effect' of foreign aid not capable of doing according to the text?

Making dictatorships more democratic and democracies more dictatorial. Signup and view all the answers

What is the main focus of the paper mentioned in the text?

Exploring the impact of foreign aid on recipient countries’ political institutions Signup and view all the answers

How does the paper's hypothesis differ from the optimistic and pessimistic views of aid's effect on political institutions?

The paper's hypothesis suggests that aid only stabilizes existing political institutions without causing significant changes. Signup and view all the answers

What is the 'amplification effect' of foreign aid according to the text?

It amplifies recipients' existing political-institutional orientations, making dictatorships more dictatorial and democracies more democratic. Signup and view all the answers

What is one way that targeted aid can enhance democracy in recipient nations?

By providing external observers who can certify the legitimacy of electoral outcomes Signup and view all the answers

What does Bermeo (2011) investigate in relation to aid and recipient countries' democratization?

The relationship between aid and recipient countries' democratization based on how democratic aid donors are Signup and view all the answers

What does Wright (2009) consider in relation to aid's democratizing effects in autocratic countries?

The likelihood that recipient political leaders expect to retain power postdemocratization Signup and view all the answers

What is the connection between targeted aid and improving the criminal justice system, as mentioned in the text?

It makes the criminal justice system fairer, more efficient, and more transparent Signup and view all the answers

What does the paper suggest about foreign aid according to the text?

"Aid has a stabilizing effect on recipients' existing political institutions." Signup and view all the answers

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