-ante conditionality as a new approach to aid allocation. This paper aims to explore whether aid selectivity on the basis of the quality of … governance is employed as a criterion in foreign aid allocation. The paper uses different instrumental variables as estimators to … analyze the determinants of aid allocation over the period 2001-2010. The results produced strong evidence that countries with …

for empirical analyses comparing the allocation behavior of new versus old donors. We employ Probit and Tobit models and …

health affect the allocation of aid in those sectors and overall, while greater female political representation appears to be … 'rewarded' with higher aid flows; employment gaps do not seem to affect the allocation of aid. Taking account of substantive and … statistical significance, overall, there is modest evidence that gender gaps affect the allocation of aid in total and for …