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Keeping a low profile: What determines the allocation of aid by non-governmental organizations?

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dc.creator Koch, Dirk-Jan
dc.creator Dreher, Axel
dc.creator Nunnenkamp, Peter
dc.creator Thiele, Rainer
dc.date 2008
dc.date.accessioned 2013-10-16T06:06:45Z
dc.date.available 2013-10-16T06:06:45Z
dc.date.issued 2013-10-16
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10419/4235
dc.identifier ppn:559725868
dc.identifier.uri http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/4235
dc.description NGOs play an important role in international development cooperation, but the allocation of NGO aid has rarely been mapped, let alone explained. Based on a representative dataset for 61 important NGOs from various OECD countries, we analyze the targeting of NGO aid across a large number of recipient countries by jointly considering major determinants of NGO aid in a multivariate regression framework. While our results show that NGOs are more active in the neediest countries, we reject the hypothesis that NGOs complement official aid through engaging in so-called difficult institutional environments. Rather, they tend to replicate the location choices of official ?backdonors.? Moreover, NGOs follow other NGOs so that aid gets clustered. Finally, NGOs select recipient countries with common traits related to religion or colonial history. Taken together, our findings suggest that NGOs keep a low profile rather than distinguishing themselves from other donors and trying to excel under risky conditions.
dc.language eng
dc.publisher Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW) Kiel
dc.publisher Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW) Kiel
dc.relation Kieler Arbeitspapiere 1406
dc.rights http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen
dc.subject F35
dc.subject ddc:330
dc.subject Aid allocation
dc.subject Aid agencies
dc.subject Non-governmental organizations
dc.subject Poverty
dc.subject Entwicklungskooperation
dc.subject Nichtregierungsorganisation
dc.subject OECD-Staaten
dc.subject Armut
dc.subject Entwicklungshilfe
dc.subject Entwicklungsländer
dc.subject Schätzung
dc.title Keeping a low profile: What determines the allocation of aid by non-governmental organizations?
dc.type doc-type:workingPaper


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