Work

Do Aid Donors Specialize and Coordinate within Recipient Countries? The case of Malawi

Year: 2016

Type: article

Abstract: Acknowledging that aid proliferation and a lack of coordination impair aid effectiveness, donors have repeatedly promised to specialize and better coordinate their aid activities, notably in the Paris Declaration of 2005. We exploit data on the exact location of aid projects in Malawi to assess whether the country's bilateral and multilateral donors have acted accordingly at the district and sector level. We do not find compelling evidence for increased aid specialization after the Paris Declaration, and the regional division of labour among donors may even have deteriorated. Our within‐country evidence thus broadly corroborates what previous studies have found at the national level of recipient countries.

Source: Development Policy Review

DOI: 10.1111/dpr.12186

Authors: Peter Nunnenkamp, Albena Sotirova, Rainer Thiele

Institution: Kiel Institute for the World Economy

Language: English

Topic: International Development and Aid

Subfield: Development

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Partnerships for the goals, Peace, justice, and strong institutions, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2226834813