Iowa State University: This study uses pooled cross-sectional time series data covering 112 countries for the post-Cold War years of 1990-2009 to examine the effects of U.S. foreign aid allocation on human rights, especially physical integrity rights. The findings suggest that U.S. foreign aid [economic, military, and total aid] did have an impact on a government’s respect for human rights in recipient countries, but that the association was negative: an increase in foreign aid from the United States is associated with less protection of human rights. [...] [T]he empirical findings of this research suggested that U.S. foreign aid, regardless of the type of aid, had a detrimental impact on citizens’ physical integrity rights in 112 aid-receiving developing countries during the post-Cold War period of 1990-2009. In short, the consequences of U.S. foreign aid distribution is associated with poor human rights conditions. ... In sum, as an effective tool of the U.S. foreign policy, foreign aid has been used to accomplish the national interest such as furthering commercial objectives and the war on terrorism rather than promoting universal human rights. Iowa State University: [lib.dr.iastate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3075&context=etd]
Posted on: Thu, 18 Dec 2014 18:10:00 +0000
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