Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/4238 
Year of Publication: 
2008
Series/Report no.: 
Kiel Working Paper No. 1405
Publisher: 
Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW), Kiel
Abstract: 
Being closer to the poor, NGOs are widely believed to provide better targeted aid than state agencies. But empirical evidence is largely lacking. We contribute to closing this gap by drawing on an exceptionally detailed Swiss database that covers different forms of NGO aid and several official aid benchmarks. The differentiated Tobit estimations account for both altruistic and selfish aid motivations. It turns out that it depends on the source of NGO funding as well as the choice of the official benchmark whether or not NGOs provide better targeted aid. In contrast to widespread belief, however, the allocation of self-financed NGO aid reveals striking similarities to the allocation of official Swiss development aid.
Subjects: 
NGO aid
Official aid
Aid allocation
Tobit models
JEL: 
F35
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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