The Role of Historical Christian Missions in the Location of World Bank Aid in Africa

This article documents a positive and sizable correlation between the location of historical Christian missions and the allocation of present-day World Bank aid at the grid-cell level in Africa. The correlation is robust to an extensive set of geog...

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Main Authors:	Alpino, Matteo, Hammersmark, Eivind Moe
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
Subjects:	DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE CHRISTIAN MISSION POLITICAL FAVORITISM FOREIGN AID AID EFFECTIVENESS POLITICAL ECONOMY GOVERNANCE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/916381581517479670/The-Role-of-Historical-Christian-Missions-in-the-Location-of-World-Bank-Aid-in-Africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33322

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spelling	okr-10986-333222022-09-20T00:14:21Z The Role of Historical Christian Missions in the Location of World Bank Aid in Africa Alpino, Matteo Hammersmark, Eivind Moe DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE CHRISTIAN MISSION POLITICAL FAVORITISM FOREIGN AID AID EFFECTIVENESS POLITICAL ECONOMY GOVERNANCE This article documents a positive and sizable correlation between the location of historical Christian missions and the allocation of present-day World Bank aid at the grid-cell level in Africa. The correlation is robust to an extensive set of geographical and historical control variables that predict settlement of missions. The study finds no correlation with aid effectiveness, as measured by project ratings and survey-based development indicators. Mission areas display a different political aid cycle than other areas, whereby new projects are less likely to arrive in years with new presidents. Hence, political connections between mission areas and central governments could be one likely explanation for the correlation between missions and aid. 2020-02-13T16:55:59Z 2020-02-13T16:55:59Z 2020-02 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/916381581517479670/The-Role-of-Historical-Christian-Missions-in-the-Location-of-World-Bank-Aid-in-Africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33322 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9146 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Africa Sub-Saharan Africa
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spellingShingle	DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE CHRISTIAN MISSION POLITICAL FAVORITISM FOREIGN AID AID EFFECTIVENESS POLITICAL ECONOMY GOVERNANCE Alpino, Matteo Hammersmark, Eivind Moe The Role of Historical Christian Missions in the Location of World Bank Aid in Africa
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description	This article documents a positive and sizable correlation between the location of historical Christian missions and the allocation of present-day World Bank aid at the grid-cell level in Africa. The correlation is robust to an extensive set of geographical and historical control variables that predict settlement of missions. The study finds no correlation with aid effectiveness, as measured by project ratings and survey-based development indicators. Mission areas display a different political aid cycle than other areas, whereby new projects are less likely to arrive in years with new presidents. Hence, political connections between mission areas and central governments could be one likely explanation for the correlation between missions and aid.
format	Working Paper
author	Alpino, Matteo Hammersmark, Eivind Moe
author_facet	Alpino, Matteo Hammersmark, Eivind Moe
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title	The Role of Historical Christian Missions in the Location of World Bank Aid in Africa
title_short	The Role of Historical Christian Missions in the Location of World Bank Aid in Africa
title_full	The Role of Historical Christian Missions in the Location of World Bank Aid in Africa
title_fullStr	The Role of Historical Christian Missions in the Location of World Bank Aid in Africa
title_full_unstemmed	The Role of Historical Christian Missions in the Location of World Bank Aid in Africa
title_sort	role of historical christian missions in the location of world bank aid in africa
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2020
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/916381581517479670/The-Role-of-Historical-Christian-Missions-in-the-Location-of-World-Bank-Aid-in-Africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33322
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