The determinants of foreign aid allocation have shifted significantly. In the post-2001 period, aid allocation is … dominated the aid allocation literature since the 1970s. Empirical analysis of aid allocation from 1973-2012 demonstrates that …, while explanations based on security and economic ties to the donor explain allocation well in the cold war, the post-2001 …

-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 …

effective aid allocation. Given the multiple potential objectives for aid, there is no one right answer. However, it appears …