The Impact of U.S. Foreign Assistance on Democracy Building, 1990-2004

The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has commissioned several studies on the impact of its Democracy and Governance (DG) programs. One set studied quantitative impacts at the national level: to what extent and under what circumstances did USAID’s DG programs have any measurable effect on a country’s movement toward or consolidation of democracy?

Final Report

Please join us for a report on the conclusions of that study. Each speaker/group is linked to the audio of their presentation:

Welcome & Moderator:

• Jerry Hyman Senior Adviser to CSIS and President of the Hills Program on Governance

Welcome on behalf of USAID:

• Elisabeth Kvitashvili, Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance (DCHA), and Director, Office of Conflict Management and Mitigation (CMM), U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

Researchers & Presenters:

• Steven E. Finkel Daniel H. Wallace Professor of Political Science, University of Pittsburgh
• Aníbal Pérez-Liñán Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Pittsburgh
• Mitchell A. Seligson Centennial Professor of Political Science, Vanderbilt University
• C. Neal Tate Professor of Political Science and Law and Chair of the Political Science Department, Vanderbilt University

Comments by the Expert Review Panel:

• Michael Coppedge Professor of Political Science, University of Notre Dame
• Mark Hallerberg Professor of Public Management and Political Economy, Hertie School of Governance (Berlin)
• Pamela Paxton Associate Professor of Sociology, Ohio State University

Question & Answer Portion