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Working Paper The Allocation of German Aid: Self-interest and Government Ideology 01.01.2013 We investigate the importance of geo-strategic and commercial motives for the allocation of German aid to 138 countries over the 1973-2010 period. We find that geo-strategic and – less robustly – commercial motives matter. When we relate...
Working Paper Sectoral Aid Priorities: Are Donors Really Doing their Best to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals? 01.01.2006 We analyze the aid portfolio of various bilateral and multilateral donors, testing whether they have prioritised aid in line with the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). In doing so, we combine sectorally disaggregated aid data with indicators...
Policy Article Sectoral Aid Priorities and the MDGs: Missed Targets? 01.01.2007 A needs-based targeting of aid in priority sectors such as health and education should have an important say on whether donors help achieving the MDGs. Hence, in addition to the usual ranking of donors according to their overall “generosity”, the...
Blog Post NGO aid – well targeted to the needy and deserving? 20.05.2008 How do NGOs spend their development assistance? This column discusses research showing that NGO aid is no better targeted to the neediest countries than state aid agencies either by choosing needier countries, or by entering un-chartered waters and...
Working Paper Keeping a Low Profile: What Determines the Allocation of Aid by Non-Governmental Organizations? 01.03.2008 NGOs play an important role in international development cooperation, but the allocation of NGO aid has rarely been mapped, let alone explained. Based on a representative dataset for 61 important NGOs from various OECD countries, we analyze the...
Journal Article Keeping a Low Profile: What Determines the Allocation of Aid by Non-Governmental Organizations? 01.01.2009 NGOs play an important role in international development cooperation, but the allocation of NGO aid has rarely been mapped, let alone explained. Based on a representative dataset for 61 important international NGOs from various OECD countries, we...
Working Paper Does US Aid Buy UN General Assembly Votes? A Disaggregated Analysis 01.04.2006 Using panel data for 143 countries over the period 1973-2002, this paper empirically analyzes the influence of US aid on voting patterns in the UN General Assembly. We use disaggregated aid data to account for the fact that various forms of aid may...
Journal Article Does US Aid Buy UN General Assembly Votes? A Disaggregated Analysis 01.01.2008 Using panel data for 143 countries over the period 1973-2002, this paper empirically analyzes the influence of US aid on voting patterns in the UN General Assembly. We use disaggregated aid data to account for the fact that various forms of aid may...
Journal Article Does Aid for Education Educate Children: Evidence from Panel Data 01.06.2008 Most of the aid effectiveness literature has focused on potential growth effects of aggregate aid, with inconclusive results. Given that donors have repeatedly stressed the multidimensionality of their objectives, a more disaggregated view on aid...
Working Paper Does Aid for Education Educate Children? Evidence from Panel Data 01.08.2006 This paper empirically analyzes the impact of aid on education for about 100 countries over the period 1970-2005. We estimate a system of equations to test whether and to what extent the impact of sector-specific aid on educational attainment depends...