Almost half of the world's states provide bilateral development assistance. While previous research takes the set of donor countries as exogenous, this article introduces a new dataset on aid giving covering all countries in the world, both rich and...

Chinese aid comes with few strings attached, allowing recipient country leaders to use it for domestic political purposes. The vulnerability of Chinese aid to political capture has prompted speculation that it may be economically ineffective, or even...

This paper introduces a new dataset of official financing — including foreign aid and other forms of concessional and non-concessional state financing

This paper compares the allocation of private humanitarian aid to that of official humanitarian aid awarded to 140 recipient countries over the 2000–2016 period. We construct a new database that offers information on the country in which the...

We examine the role of local need and various distortions in the design and implementation of United Nations flash appeal triggered in response to the d

Kiel Policy Brief Nr. 146: China ist einer der weltweit wichtigsten Exporteure von Medizinprodukten wie beispielsweise Gesichtsmasken oder Desinfektionsmittel.

The COVID-19 outbreak has cut China's supply of and raised the world's demand for face masks, disinfectants, ventilators, and other critical medical goods. This article studies the economic and political factors that are associated with China's...

Chinese aid comes with few strings attached, allowing recipient country leaders to use it for domestic political purposes. The vulnerability of Chinese

Little is known about foreign aid provided by private donors. This paper contributes to closing this research gap by comparing the allocation of private