Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/54940 
Year of Publication: 
2011
Series/Report no.: 
Kiel Working Paper No. 1748
Publisher: 
Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW), Kiel
Abstract: 
We assess whether bilateral and multilateral donors of foreign aid specialized and coordinated their activities with other donors as agreed in the Paris Declaration of 2005. We account for donor heterogeneity, varying aid priorities and recipient characteristics in order to isolate changes in donor behaviour over time. Recent shifts in aid priorities, such as the rising importance of general budget support, have reduced the fragmentation of aid. Nevertheless, our results reveal that aid fragmentation persisted after the Paris Declaration and coordination among donors has even weakened.
Subjects: 
aid allocation
fragmentation
Theil index
donor coordination
overlaps
Paris Declaration
JEL: 
F35
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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