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Aid allocation and targeted development in an increasingly connected world

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Bermeo, SB
Published in: International Organization
January 1, 2017

Aid donors pursue a strategy of targeted development with regard to recipient states. The determinants of aid allocation have shifted significantly. Industrialized states are increasingly unable to insulate themselves from spillovers caused by underdevelopment abroad. Donors attempt to use aid to decrease these spillovers, targeting developing countries where the effects on the donor are anticipated to be large. Once a recipient is chosen, concern for recipient government capacity guides the composition of aid. Empirical analysis of aid allocation from 1973 to 2012 demonstrates that, while explanations based on security and economic ties to the donor explain allocation well in the Cold War, the post-2001 period is best understood by incorporating a role for targeted development. This framework helps synthesize various findings in the aid allocation literature and has important implications for studying aid effectiveness.

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International Organization

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1531-5088

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0020-8183

Publication Date

January 1, 2017

Volume

71

Issue

4

Start / End Page

735 / 766

Related Subject Headings

  • International Relations
  • 4408 Political science
  • 4404 Development studies
  • 1606 Political Science
 

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Bermeo, S. B. (2017). Aid allocation and targeted development in an increasingly connected world. International Organization, 71(4), 735–766. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0020818317000315
Bermeo, S. B. “Aid allocation and targeted development in an increasingly connected world.” International Organization 71, no. 4 (January 1, 2017): 735–66. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0020818317000315.
Bermeo SB. Aid allocation and targeted development in an increasingly connected world. International Organization. 2017 Jan 1;71(4):735–66.
Bermeo, S. B. “Aid allocation and targeted development in an increasingly connected world.” International Organization, vol. 71, no. 4, Jan. 2017, pp. 735–66. Scopus, doi:10.1017/S0020818317000315.
Bermeo SB. Aid allocation and targeted development in an increasingly connected world. International Organization. 2017 Jan 1;71(4):735–766.
Journal cover image

Published In

International Organization

DOI

EISSN

1531-5088

ISSN

0020-8183

Publication Date

January 1, 2017

Volume

71

Issue

4

Start / End Page

735 / 766

Related Subject Headings

  • International Relations
  • 4408 Political science
  • 4404 Development studies
  • 1606 Political Science