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dc.contributor.authorKoch, Dirk-Janen
dc.contributor.authorDreher, Axelen
dc.contributor.authorNunnenkamp, Peteren
dc.contributor.authorThiele, Raineren
dc.date.accessioned2009-01-28T14:18:51Z-
dc.date.available2009-01-28T14:18:51Z-
dc.date.issued2008-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/4235-
dc.description.abstractNGOs 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.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aKiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW) |cKielen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aKiel Working Paper |x1406en
dc.subject.jelF35en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordAid agenciesen
dc.subject.keywordNon-governmental organizationsen
dc.subject.keywordPovertyen
dc.subject.keywordAid allocationen
dc.subject.stwEntwicklungskooperationen
dc.subject.stwNichtregierungsorganisationen
dc.subject.stwOECD-Staatenen
dc.subject.stwArmuten
dc.subject.stwEntwicklungshilfeen
dc.subject.stwEntwicklungsländeren
dc.subject.stwSchätzungen
dc.titleKeeping a low profile: What determines the allocation of aid by non-governmental organizations?-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn559725868en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen
dc.identifier.repecRePEc:zbw:ifwkwp:1406en

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