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Development support of the US: Case study of assistance in Iraq
Dvořáková, Eliška ; Hornát, Jan (advisor) ; El-Ahmadieh, Jakub (referee)
This bachelor's thesis deals with effectiveness of development cooperation and democracy promotion of United States of America in Iraq. The US provides the most resources for development cooperation in the world at face value. Annually, they define a few tens of billions of dollars from their federal budget. It is a highly debated and controversial topic, whose effectiveness is constantly argued by both politicians and economists. The region of Middle East and North Africa is among the largest recipients of US cooperation. When Iraq and US are debated, everyone imagines the US invasion in Iraq, but they also provide a very voluminous development cooperation. But the question that remains is its effectiveness and its impact on Iraq's development. The first part of the thesis focuses on the basic terminology and types of cooperation, its main theories, motivations and objectives of states for providing development assistance and the basics of democracy support. The second part is devoted to American development support - a brief history of its delivering and attempts to reform it. It also contains a sub-chapter about US institutions through which development cooperation and democracy promotion in the Middle East is delivered. The last chapter contains a case study on effectiveness of US development...

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