Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/140904 
Year of Publication: 
2016
Series/Report no.: 
Kiel Working Paper No. 2040
Publisher: 
Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW), Kiel
Abstract: 
The increasing importance of donor countries operating outside of the OECD's Development Assistance Committee (DAC) challenges the existing international aid architecture. In particular, non-DAC donors are suspected to provide aid solely based on self-interest without caring about recipients' need and merit. In this paper, we empirically investigate the aid allocation of one major non-DAC donor, Brazil. We find that Brazil's development cooperation is still predominantly shaped by historic and cultural ties to the Lusophone world and Latin America, while broader political and economic motives play a negligible role. To some extent, Brazil also takes recipients' need and governance into account. This broadly corroborates previous results for China and India, strengthening the conclusion that non-DAC donors are not as different from DAC donors regarding their aid motives as one might suspect.
Subjects: 
Aid Allocation
New Donors
Brazil
JEL: 
F35
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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