Choosing aid: when do states becomes donors?
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Date
2016
Authors
Kazhikenova, Aisulu
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Nazarbayev University School of Sciences and Humanities
Abstract
The objective of this thesis is to investigate the conditions under which states become
foreign aid donors. While the number of aid donors has dramatically increased in recent years,
we know little about when states choose to become donors. By extending two existing theories
of foreign aid allocations, I argue that there are three key factors driving states to give aid: the
level of individual income, the overall level of governmental resources, and the size of winning
coalition. I test these hypotheses using a newly collected data on states’ donorship. The
statistical findings suggest that states are more likely to become foreign aid donors when the
level of their citizens’ income and their governmental resources increase, providing support for
my hypotheses. Surprisingly, the findings also suggest that states with smaller winning
coalitions are more likely to become aid donors. It is contrary to the expectations that
democratic regimes are primary donors of foreign aid. This thesis contributes to the literature
on foreign aid by examining a new question about aid initiations, offering a new dataset on aid
donorship, and providing statistical evidence that calls for new theoretical explanations.
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foreign aid, aid donorship, Official Development Assistance, emerging donors, aid-for-charity model, aid-for-policy deals model