Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/51484 
Year of Publication: 
2007
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 601
Publisher: 
Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department, Washington, DC
Abstract: 
The literature on aid effectiveness has focused more on recipient policies than the determinants of aid allocation yet a consistent result is that political allies obtain more aid from donors than non-allies. This paper shows that aid allocated to political allies is ineffective for growth, whereas aid extended to countries that are not allies is highly effective. The result appears to be robust across different specifications and estimation techniques. In particular, new methods are employed to control for endogeneity. The paper suggests that aid allocation should be scrutinized carefully to make aid as effective as possible.
Subjects: 
Aid impact
Economic growth
Instrumental Variables
Generalized method of moments
Panel data
JEL: 
O1
O2
O4
C23
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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