Optimal decision rules in multilateral aid funds

Artikel

While existing research has suggested that delegating foreign aid allocation decisions to a multilateral aid fund may incentivize recipient countries to invest in bureaucratic quality, our analysis links the fund's decision rules to recipient-country investment by explicitly modeling the decision-making within multilateral aid funds. We find that majority rule induces stronger competition between recipients, resulting in higher investments in bureaucratic quality. Despite this advantage, unanimity can still be optimal since the increased investment under majority comes at the cost of low aid allocation to countries in the minority. The qualitative predictions of our model rationalize our novel empirical finding that, relative to organizations that use a consensus rule, organizations that use majority are more responsive to changes in recipient-country quality.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Journal: The Review of International Organizations ; ISSN: 1559-744X ; Volume: 16 ; Year: 2021 ; Issue: 3 ; Pages: 689-719 ; New York, NY: Springer US

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Politik ; Foreign Aid ; International Linkages to Development; Role of International Organizations ; International Fiscal Issues; International Public Goods
• Thema: Aid allocation ; Aid effectiveness ; International organizations ; Decision rules

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Dreher, Axel ; Simon, Jenny ; Valasek, Justin
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Springer US
• (wo): New York, NY
• (wann): 2021

Weitere Informationen

• DOI: doi:10.1007/s11558-020-09406-w
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:45 MEZ