This study investigates the effects of the World Bank's exogenously-determined income threshold for eligibility for … the World Bank's policies and allocations across recipients as informative signals of where their own aid might be used … from other donors as well as from the World Bank, government officials in recipient countries may have an incentive to …

development. This paper looks at what the cross-country aid effectiveness literature and World Bank Operations Evaluation … effective aid allocation. Given the multiple potential objectives for aid, there is no one right answer. However, it appears …

The dissertation contributes to three main topics in the literature on development aid: aid allocation, aid … effectiveness and aid coordination. Chapter I assesses the allocation of aid by non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Chapter II … analyzes aid allocation decisions within an aid recipient country. Chapter III assesses whether foreign aid specifically meant …

We investigate the importance of geo-strategic and commercial motives for the allocation of German aid to 138 countries …