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Is favoritism a threat to Chinese aid effectiveness? : A subnational analysis of Chinese development projects
Dreher, Axel; Fuchs, Andreas; Hodler, Roland; Parks, Bradley - 2019
Chinese aid comes with few strings attached, allowing recipient country leaders to use it for domestic political purposes. The vulnerability of Chinese aid to political capture has prompted speculation that it may be economically ineffective, or even harmful. We test these claims by estimating...
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Is favoritism a threat to Chinese aid effectiveness? : A subnational analysis of Chinese development projects
Dreher, Axel; Fuchs, Andreas; Hodler, Roland; Parks, Bradley - 2019
Chinese aid comes with few strings attached, allowing recipient country leaders to use it for domestic political purposes. The vulnerability of Chinese aid to political capture has prompted speculation that it may be economically ineffective, or even harmful. We test these claims by estimating...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012033099
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Is favoritism a threat to Chinese aid effectiveness? : a subnational analysis of Chinese development projects
Dreher, Axel; Fuchs, Andreas; Hodler, Roland; Parks, Bradley - 2019
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012179455
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BRICS and Foreign Aid
Asmus, Gerda - 2017
This paper provides an overview of the small but growing literature on the bilateral foreign aid activities carried out by the five BRICS countries. While these so-called emerging donors are steadily gaining prominence in international development, they are certainly not new to the field, with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012948953
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Does foreign aid reduce migration?
Fuchs, Andreas; Gröger, André; Heidland, Tobias; … - 2023
Der weit verbreitete Einsatz von Entwicklungshilfe zur Bekämpfung von "Fluchtursachen" oder, präziser formuliert … unterstützt wurden. Unsere Analyse ist die erste, die die Auswirkungen der Entwicklungshilfe auf verschiedene Aspekte der … Einklang mit der Idee, dass Entwicklungshilfe die Ursachen der irregulären Migration reduziert, zeigt unsere Studie, dass die …
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Apples and dragon fruits : the determinants of aid and other forms of state financing from China to Africa
Dreher, Axel; Fuchs, Andreas - 2016
Chinese "aid" is a lightning rod for criticism. Policymakers, journalists, and public intellectuals claim that Beijing is using its largesse to cement alliances with political leaders, secure access to natural resources, and create exclusive commercial opportunities for Chinese firms-all at the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011549352
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Why donors of foreign aid do not coordinate : the role of competition for export markets and political support
Fuchs, Andreas; Nunnenkamp, Peter; Öhler, Hannes - In: The world economy : the leading journal on … 38 (2015) 2, pp. 255-285
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The effects of foreign aid on refugee flows
Dreher, Axel; Fuchs, Andreas; Langlotz, Sarah - 2018
This article is the first to systematically study whether foreign aid affects the net flows of refugees from recipient countries. Combining refugee data on 141 origin countries over the 1976-2013 period with bilateral Official Development Assistance data, we estimate the causal effects of a...
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Distortions in aid allocation of United Nations flash appeals : evidence from the 2015 Nepal earthquake
Eichenauer, Vera; Fuchs, Andreas; Kunze, Sven; Strobl, Eric - 2019 - This version: February 2019
We examine the role of local need and various distortions in the design and implementation of United Nations flash appeal triggered in response to the destructive 2015 Nepal earthquake. Specifically, we investigate the extent to which the allocation of this humanitarian assistance follows...
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Does private aid follow the flag? : an empirical analysis of humanitarian assistance
Fuchs, Andreas; Öhler, Hannes - 2019 - This version: April 2019
Little is known about foreign aid provided by private donors. This paper contributes to closing this research gap by comparing the allocation of private humanitarian aid to that of official humanitarian aid awarded to 140 recipient countries over the 2000-2016 period. We construct a new database...
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