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Projects Do Not Create Institutions: The Record of Democracy Assistance to Post-Conflict Societies

Democratization, volume 12, issue 4 (2004), pp. 481-504
"Highlights the major accomplishments and setbacks of electoral, human rights and media assistance to eight post-conflict countries: Cambodia, Ethipoia, Rwanda, Uganda, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, El Salvador and Guatemala. International assistance has been instrumental in encouraging democratic initiatives in post-Conflict societies. However, democracy assistance has not been as effective as it could have been for a number of reasons." (commbox)