Aid allocation by German NGOs: Does the degree of public refinancing matter?

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Using a new dataset for 41 German non-governmental organizations (NGOs), we analyze the allocation of NGO aid across recipient countries in a Tobit regression framework. By identifying for each NGO the degree of public refinancing, we address the largely unresolved issue of whether financial dependence on the government impairs the targeting of NGO aid. It turns out that German NGOs are more active in poorer countries, while they do not complement official aid by working under difficult local conditions. Beyond a certain threshold, rising financial dependence weakens their poverty orientation and provides an incentive to engage in easier' environments. In addition, we find that the NGOs follow the state as well as NGO peers when allocating aid. This herding behavior is, however, hardly affected by the degree of public refinancing.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: cege Discussion Papers ; No. 92

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Foreign Aid
• Thema: NGO aid ; aid allocation ; public refinancing ; Private Entwicklungshilfe ; Entwicklungshilfe ; Nichtregierungsorganisation ; Refinanzierung ; Subvention ; Allokation ; Herdenverhalten ; Deutschland ; Entwicklungsländer

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Dreher, Axel ; Nunnenkamp, Peter ; Thiel, Susann ; Thiele, Rainer
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): University of Göttingen, Center for European, Governance and Economic Development Research (cege)
• (wo): Göttingen
• (wann): 2010

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/41569
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ