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Distracted donors and political violence

When aid donors are distracted by domestic concerns, do aid recipients take advantage to suppress political opposition? Data from Africa suggest that they do, Dominic Rohner tells Tim Phillips.

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The Medici’s quiet coup: How the wealthy bend politics without shifting institutions

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