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Blind spots on the map of aid allocations: Concentration and complementarity of international NGO aid

Koch, Dirk-Jan - 2007

The budgets of development NGOs have risen dramatically over the last decades. In stark contrast to bilateral donors, the geographic choices of NGOs remain virtually unexplored. Using a new dataset and Lorenz curves, this paper shows that NGOs are very active in some countries and hardly active...

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A meta-analysis of development aid allocation: The effects of income level and population size

Doucouliagos, Hristos; Paldam, Martin - School of Economics and Management, University of Aarhus - 2007

The effect on aid allocation of the income level and population size in the recipient country is analyzed. The data …. The main thrust of the paper is a meta-analysis of the large aid allocation literature, where the impact of the two … development aid allocation: The effects of income level and population size Hristos Doucouliagos and Martin Paldam …

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Assessing the Aid Allocation and Debt Sustainability Framework: Working Towards Incentive Compatible Aid Contracts

Nissanke, Machiko; Ferrarini, Benno - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2007

This paper criticizes the current International Development Association (IDA) aid allocation and debt sustainability … the aid allocation system. Resting on a thin empirical basis, such approach fails to take due account of low …-based scheme, the paper outlines the key features of a state-contingent mechanism, guiding both aid allocation and debt …

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Blind Spots on the Map of Aid Allocations: Concentration and Complementarity of International NGO Aid

Koch, Dirk-Jan - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2007

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Burden-sharing or migration management?

Czaika, Mathias; Mayer, Amy - Verein für Socialpolitik, Ausschuss für … - 2007

This paper analyses the impact of refugee movements on emergency and development aid allocation decisions of bilateral …

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Empirical Evidence on the New International Aid Architecture

Cassimon, Danny; Claessens, Stijn; Campenhout, Bjorn van - Verein für Socialpolitik, Ausschuss für … - 2007

We conduct an empirical study on how 22 donors allocate their bilateral aid among 147 recipient countries over the 1970-2004 period to investigate whether recent changes in the international aid architecture-at the international and country level-have led to changes in donor behavior. We find...

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EVI and its Use. Design of an Economic Vulnerability Index and its Use for International Development Policy

GUILLAUMONT, Patrick - Centre d'Études et de Recherches sur le Développement … - 2007

. A second use would be to retain EVI as a criterion for aid allocation between developing countries, besides other and …

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Empirical evidence on the new international aid architecture

Claessens, Stijn; Cassimon, Danny - Department of Economics, Mathematics and Statistics, … - 2007

We conduct an empirical study on how 22 donors allocate their bilateral aid among 147 recipient countries over the 1970-2004 period to investigate whether recent changes in the international aid architecture at the international and country levelhave led to changes in donor behavior. We find...

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Are NGOs the Better Donors? A Case Study of Aid Allocation for Sweden

Dreher, Axel; Mölders, Florian; Nunnenkamp, Peter - KOF Swiss Economic Institute, Department of Management, … - 2007

This paper analyzes whether and to what extent non-governmental organizations (NGOs) outperform official donors by allocating aid in a way that renders effective poverty alleviation more likely. We employ Probit and Tobit models and make use of an exceptionally detailed database that allows an...

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Do Donors Target Aid in Line with the Millennium Development Goals? A Sector Perspective of Aid Allocation

Thiele, Rainer; Nunnenkamp, Peter; Dreher, Axel - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2007

in the extent to which their sectoral aid allocation is conducive to achieving major MDGs. Some MDGs, notably the fight … considerable gap between donor rhetoric and actual aid allocation. This invites the conclusion that the current focus on …

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