political interests are proxied by voting similarity in the United Nations General Assembly on issues identified as important by …

appears to be through the provision of aid to poor countries. Using newly available data from the PLAID (Project-Level Aid …) database project, we ask what determines the level of environmental aid to developing countries – and in particular whether … such aid is affected by the level of economic development of the recipient country. At the same time, we investigate …

New forms of aid, including “philanthrocapitalism” such as The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, are rapidly altering … the international aid architecture for health. These organisations have financial power, actively shape agendas and … scales-up its aid program. AusAID could collaborate, complement, compete with, or copy these organisations. Arguably the …

This paper provides an overview of issues relating to aid effectiveness. It argues that it is impossible to give a … definitive answer to the question of whether aid is effective, and that it is more useful to ask what can be done to make aid … more effective. The paper then groups the various determinants of aid effectiveness, as well as strategies to improve …

This short paper explores the complementarity between foreign aid and foreign direct investment (FDI). Recent studies … on aid concluded that aid should come to an end or be reduced with a radical modification of the terms and conditions and … FDI and trade should replace aid as the engine of development. In this paper, we argue that aid complements FDI and …

creditworthiness if donors offer them to choose between aid and debt relief. Since offering such a menu is costly, it is preferred by …. For lower probabilities and higher costs of assistance, donors prefer a policy of only debt relief. Very limited aid is …

During the last decade international aid flows diminished while Africa’s relative share of global foreign direct … announced that they would increase aid to Africa by some $25 billion per annum. The pledge for increasing aid seems to have … triggered an extensive debate about the role of aid and other international capital flows in the development of poorer countries …

Development aid donors disburse aid to many developing countries. This paper shows that whether a partnership is … established early or late matters significantly for aid quantities. Donor countries allocate larger shares of their aid budgets to …. These findings imply that donors, while continuously increasing their number of recipients, have allocated smaller aid …

assistance (ODA), and Ecuador, as a partner and recipient of development aid. It seeks to assess the potential (in …

The paper discusses donor coordination and its implications for the uses of aid. The paper starts by specifying a …