Who Gives Foreign Aid to Whom and Why?

Who Gives Foreign Aid to Whom and Why?

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Who Gives Foreign Aid to Whom and Why?

dc.contributor.author	Dollar, David
dc.contributor.author	Alesina, Alberto
dc.date.accessioned	2010-11-09T20:02:44Z
dc.date.issued	2000
dc.identifier.citation	Alesina, Alberto, and David Dollar. 2000. Who gives foreign aid to whom and why?. Journal of Economic Growth 5(1): 33-63.	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1573-7020	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1381-4338	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:4553020
dc.description.abstract	This paper studies the pattern of allocation of foreign aid from various donors to receiving countries. We find considerable evidence that the direction of foreign aid is dictated as much by political and strategic considerations, as by the economic needs and policy performance of the recipients. Colonial past and political alliances are major determinants of foreign aid. At the margin, however, countries that democratize receive more aid, ceteris paribus. While foreign aid flows respond to political variables, foreign direct investments are more sensitive to economic incentives, particularly "good policies" and protection of property rights in the receiving countries. We also uncover significant differences in the behavior of different donors.	en_US
dc.description.sponsorship	Economics	en_US
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.publisher	Springer Verlag	en_US
dc.relation.isversionof	doi:10.1023/A:1009874203400	en_US
dash.license	LAA
dc.subject	democracy	en_US
dc.subject	political economy	en_US
dc.subject	economic development	en_US
dc.subject	foreign aid	en_US
dc.title	Who Gives Foreign Aid to Whom and Why?	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article	en_US
dc.description.version	Author's Original	en_US
dc.relation.journal	Journal of Economic Growth	en_US
dash.depositing.author	Alesina, Alberto
dc.date.available	2010-11-09T20:02:44Z