Need, merit or self-interest – what determines the allocation of aid?

Previous studies into aid allocation have concluded that foreign aid is allocated not only according to development needs but also according to donor self-interest. We revisit this topic and allow for donor as well as recipient specific effects in our analysis. Our results indicate that roughly half...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hoeffler, A, Outram, V
Format: Working paper
Language:English
Published: CSAE (University of Oxford) 2008