@techreport{Koch2008Keeping,
abstract = {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 \textquotedblleft{}backdonors.\textquotedblright{} 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.},
address = {Z\"{u}rich},
author = {Dirk-Jan Koch and Axel Dreher and Peter Nunnenkamp and Rainer Thiele},
copyright = {http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen},
doi = {10.3929/ethz-a-005552303},
keywords = {O20; 330; Entwicklungskooperation; Nichtregierungsorganisation; OECD-Staaten; Armut; Entwicklungshilfe; Entwicklungsl\"{a}nder; Sch\"{a}tzung},
language = {eng},
number = {191},
publisher = {KOF},
title = {Keeping a low profile: What determines the allocation of aid by non-governmental organizations?},
type = {KOF working papers // Konjunkturforschungsstelle, Eidgen\"{o}ssische Technische Hochschule Z\"{u}rich},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10419/28935},
year = {2008}
}
