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Aid Allocation of the Emerging Central and Eastern European Donors

Szent-Iványi, Balázs (2012) Aid Allocation of the Emerging Central and Eastern European Donors. Journal of International Relations and Development, 15 (1). pp. 65-89. DOI 10.1057/jird.2011.19

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Abstract

The paper examines the main characteristics of the (re)emerging foreign aid policies of the Visegrád countries (the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia), concentrating on the allocation of their aid resources. We adopt an econometric approach, similar to the ones used in the literature for analyzing the aid allocation of the OECD DAC donors. Using this approach, we examine the various factors that influence aid allocation of the Visegrád countries, using data for the years between 2001 and 2008. Our most important conclusion is that the amount of aid a partner county gets from the four emerging donors is not influenced by the level of poverty or the previous performance (measured by the level of economic growth or the quality of institutions) of the recipients. The main determining factor seems to be geographic proximity, as countries in the Western-Balkans and the Post-Soviet region receive much more aid from the Visegrád countries than other recipients. Historical ties (pre-1989 development relations) and international obligations in the case of Afghanistan and Iraq are also found to be significant explanatory factors. This allocation is in line with the foreign political and economic interests of these new donors. While there are clear similarities between the four donors, the paper also identifies some individual country characteristics.

Item Type:Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:Visegrád countries, foreign aid, aid allocation, emerging donors, JEL codes: F59, O19
Divisions:Faculty of Economics > Department of World Economy
Subjects:Economic policy
International relations
DOI:10.1057/jird.2011.19
ID Code:497
Deposited By: Ádám Hoffmann
Deposited On:31 Jan 2012 14:41
Last Modified:18 Oct 2021 08:04

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