Why Donors of Foreign Aid Do Not Coordinate: The Role of Competition for Export Markets and Political Support
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- Andreas Fuchs
- Research Center for Distributional Conflict and Globalization Heidelberg University Heidelberg Germany
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- Peter Nunnenkamp
- Kiel Institute for the World Economy Kiel Germany
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- Hannes Öhler
- Eppan Italy
説明
<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Development assistance has been criticised for a lack of coordination between aid donors. This paper argues that competition for export markets and political support prevents donor countries from coordinating their aid activities between one another. To test these hypotheses, we perform logit and fractional logit estimations for a large sample of recipient countries and aid activities since the early 1970s. Our empirical results reveal that export competition between donors is a major impediment to aid coordination. Although less conclusive, we also find some evidence that donors' competition over political support prevents them from coordinating aid activities more closely.</jats:p>
収録刊行物
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- The World Economy
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The World Economy 38 (2), 255-285, 2014-09-06
Wiley