Degree Name

Master of Arts (MA)

Semester of Degree Completion

2002

Thesis Director

Ryan C. Hendrickson

Abstract

American foreign aid, and the factors contributing to its disbursement, have frequently been discussed in scholarly research. This issue has also developed into a highly contentious issue in US foreign policy. The purpose of this thesis is to determine if recipient states' human rights practices are a determining factor in the aid allocation process. This thesis will analyze the second term of President Clinton's administration to determine if he consistently implemented his foreign policy agenda of democratic enlargement with regard to foreign aid disbursement to Africa. Two different methodological approaches will be used in this analysis; a pooled time series regression will be run along with a case study analysis of two recipient countries. Overall, the findings suggest that a state's human rights practices were a determining factor in aid allocation.

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