The linkages between democracy assistance and development aid are explored in depth in an article by Thomas Carothers of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and a commentary by Kenneth Wollack and K. Scott Hubli that appear in the new issue of the Journal of Democracy.
In "The Elusive Synthesis," Carothers, vice-president for studies at Carnegie, takes a historical view and looks at some of the reasons the two camps have eyed each other with suspicion.