Evidence on Changes in Aid Allocation Criteria

Have donors changed their aid-allocation criteria over the past three decades toward greater selectivity, a frequently stated goal of the international development community? Using data on how 22 donors allocated their bilateral aid among 147 countries over 1970–2004, the article finds that after th...

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Main Authors:	Claessens, Stijn, Cassimon, Danny, Van Campenhout, Bjorn
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	World Bank 2012
Subjects:	aid aid allocation aid coordination aid flows bilateral aid development assistance development finance development goals development models development policy development programs economic growth environmental issues exports imports international aid international development priorities targeting world development indicators
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4500

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spelling	okr-10986-45002021-04-23T14:02:18Z Evidence on Changes in Aid Allocation Criteria Claessens, Stijn Cassimon, Danny Van Campenhout, Bjorn aid aid allocation aid coordination aid flows bilateral aid development assistance development finance development goals development models development policy development programs economic growth environmental issues exports imports international aid international development priorities targeting world development indicators Have donors changed their aid-allocation criteria over the past three decades toward greater selectivity, a frequently stated goal of the international development community? Using data on how 22 donors allocated their bilateral aid among 147 countries over 1970–2004, the article finds that after the fall of the Berlin wall in 1989 and especially in the late 1990s, bilateral aid responded more to poverty and the quality of the policy and institutional environment in the recipient countries. Furthermore, the sensitivity of aid allocation to the country's size and its debt burden has declined over time. These results are robust to different samples and model specifications, various econometric techniques, and alternative measures of institutional quality. While the specific factors causing these changes cannot be identified—these presumably include geopolitical and economic concerns and the many changes in the international aid architecture—donors still differ greatly in their selectivity. This suggests that further, multifaceted reforms are needed to ensure even greater selectivity of aid. 2012-03-30T07:12:38Z 2012-03-30T07:12:38Z 2009-06-30 Journal Article World Bank Economic Review 1564-698X http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4500 CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank Journal Article Turkey
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spellingShingle	aid aid allocation aid coordination aid flows bilateral aid development assistance development finance development goals development models development policy development programs economic growth environmental issues exports imports international aid international development priorities targeting world development indicators Claessens, Stijn Cassimon, Danny Van Campenhout, Bjorn Evidence on Changes in Aid Allocation Criteria
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description	Have donors changed their aid-allocation criteria over the past three decades toward greater selectivity, a frequently stated goal of the international development community? Using data on how 22 donors allocated their bilateral aid among 147 countries over 1970–2004, the article finds that after the fall of the Berlin wall in 1989 and especially in the late 1990s, bilateral aid responded more to poverty and the quality of the policy and institutional environment in the recipient countries. Furthermore, the sensitivity of aid allocation to the country's size and its debt burden has declined over time. These results are robust to different samples and model specifications, various econometric techniques, and alternative measures of institutional quality. While the specific factors causing these changes cannot be identified—these presumably include geopolitical and economic concerns and the many changes in the international aid architecture—donors still differ greatly in their selectivity. This suggests that further, multifaceted reforms are needed to ensure even greater selectivity of aid.
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author	Claessens, Stijn Cassimon, Danny Van Campenhout, Bjorn
author_facet	Claessens, Stijn Cassimon, Danny Van Campenhout, Bjorn
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title	Evidence on Changes in Aid Allocation Criteria
title_short	Evidence on Changes in Aid Allocation Criteria
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Evidence on Changes in Aid Allocation Criteria

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