The Supply of Aid : How Are Donors Giving, and to Whom?

This Note reviews trends in official development assistance, focusing on volumes, sources, forms, and recipients. Several patterns emerge. First, a long-term trend of official flows taking the form of hard loans rather than grants and soft loans, w...

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Main Authors:	Harford, Tim, Hadjimichael, Bita, Klein, Michael
Format:	Viewpoint
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	BORROWING CREDIT GUARANTEES DEBT DEVELOPMENT BANKS DIRECT INVESTMENT INCOME INTEREST RATES INTERNATIONAL FINANCE PORTFOLIO PRIVATE INVESTMENT PRIVATE SECTOR PUBLIC PUBLIC GUARANTEE PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC POLICY INNOVATIONS PUBLIC SECTOR BILATERAL LOANS CONCESSIONAL LOANS DEVELOPMENT FINANCE DISBURSEMENTS FINANCIAL STABILITY MULTILATERAL AID MULTILATERAL GRANTS MULTILATERAL LOANS NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS TRANSACTION COSTS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/10/6504315/supply-aid http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11256

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spelling	okr-10986-112562021-04-23T14:02:54Z The Supply of Aid : How Are Donors Giving, and to Whom? Harford, Tim Hadjimichael, Bita Klein, Michael BORROWING CREDIT GUARANTEES DEBT DEVELOPMENT BANKS DIRECT INVESTMENT INCOME INTEREST RATES INTERNATIONAL FINANCE PORTFOLIO PRIVATE INVESTMENT PRIVATE SECTOR PUBLIC PUBLIC GUARANTEE PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC POLICY INNOVATIONS PUBLIC SECTOR BILATERAL LOANS CONCESSIONAL LOANS DEVELOPMENT FINANCE DISBURSEMENTS FINANCIAL STABILITY MULTILATERAL AID MULTILATERAL GRANTS MULTILATERAL LOANS NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS PUBLIC SECTOR TRANSACTION COSTS This Note reviews trends in official development assistance, focusing on volumes, sources, forms, and recipients. Several patterns emerge. First, a long-term trend of official flows taking the form of hard loans rather than grants and soft loans, with low interest and long maturities, has been reversed in the past five years. Second, both grants and loans are increasingly aimed at middle-income countries rather than the poorest. And third, official flows have fallen relative to rich-country income by 30 percent in the past 30 years. 2012-08-13T14:34:56Z 2012-08-13T14:34:56Z 2004-10 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/10/6504315/supply-aid Viewpoint. -- Note no. 276 (October 2004) http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11256 English Viewpoint CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Viewpoint Publications & Research
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topic	BORROWING CREDIT GUARANTEES DEBT DEVELOPMENT BANKS DIRECT INVESTMENT INCOME INTEREST RATES INTERNATIONAL FINANCE PORTFOLIO PRIVATE INVESTMENT PRIVATE SECTOR PUBLIC PUBLIC GUARANTEE PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC POLICY INNOVATIONS PUBLIC SECTOR BILATERAL LOANS CONCESSIONAL LOANS DEVELOPMENT FINANCE DISBURSEMENTS FINANCIAL STABILITY MULTILATERAL AID MULTILATERAL GRANTS MULTILATERAL LOANS NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS PUBLIC SECTOR TRANSACTION COSTS
spellingShingle	BORROWING CREDIT GUARANTEES DEBT DEVELOPMENT BANKS DIRECT INVESTMENT INCOME INTEREST RATES INTERNATIONAL FINANCE PORTFOLIO PRIVATE INVESTMENT PRIVATE SECTOR PUBLIC PUBLIC GUARANTEE PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC POLICY INNOVATIONS PUBLIC SECTOR BILATERAL LOANS CONCESSIONAL LOANS DEVELOPMENT FINANCE DISBURSEMENTS FINANCIAL STABILITY MULTILATERAL AID MULTILATERAL GRANTS MULTILATERAL LOANS NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS PUBLIC SECTOR TRANSACTION COSTS Harford, Tim Hadjimichael, Bita Klein, Michael The Supply of Aid : How Are Donors Giving, and to Whom?
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description	This Note reviews trends in official development assistance, focusing on volumes, sources, forms, and recipients. Several patterns emerge. First, a long-term trend of official flows taking the form of hard loans rather than grants and soft loans, with low interest and long maturities, has been reversed in the past five years. Second, both grants and loans are increasingly aimed at middle-income countries rather than the poorest. And third, official flows have fallen relative to rich-country income by 30 percent in the past 30 years.
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author	Harford, Tim Hadjimichael, Bita Klein, Michael
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title	The Supply of Aid : How Are Donors Giving, and to Whom?
title_short	The Supply of Aid : How Are Donors Giving, and to Whom?
title_full	The Supply of Aid : How Are Donors Giving, and to Whom?
title_fullStr	The Supply of Aid : How Are Donors Giving, and to Whom?
title_full_unstemmed	The Supply of Aid : How Are Donors Giving, and to Whom?
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