Foreign Assistance of Illiberal and Autocratic Regimes

This book presents an analysis of foreign aid by non-democratic and illiberal regimes. The study answers the question of why non-democratic and illiberal regimes provide aid and what explains their aid preferences. Its findings suggest the influence of politically influential business elites on aid motivation and preferences in those countries. This book suggests a theoretical framework for the non-democratic and illiberal donors of foreign aid and tests the empirical support of this framework. It aims to examine the foreign aid motivation and preferences of non-democratic and illiberal countries. The study applies the quantitative methodology to understand why nondemocratic and illiberal regimes provide foreign aid and what affects their aid preferences. The findings show that the nature of the relationship between the government and the business elite influences both aid motivation and aid preferences in those countries.