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Diplomatic Visits and Development Assistance

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  • Oasis Kodila-Tedika

    (University of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo)

  • Sherif Khalifa

    (California State University, Fullerton, U.S.A)

Abstract

This paper examines the effect of the visits by U.S. officials to a country on its foreign aid inflows. To achieve our objective, we compile variables that indicate the official visits of U.S. Presidents and Secretaries of State from 1960-2019, derived from the historical archives of the U.S. State Department. We examine the effect of these variables on U.S. aid and total official development assistance flows to the country. To deal with potential endogeneity, we use the Endogenous Treatment Model. The estimation results show that the visits of U.S. officials have a statistically significant positive effect on U.S. aid only when the visit is part of a multilateral meeting, while the effect of the visits of U.S. Presidents have a statistically significant positive effect on total official development assistance only when the visit is in the form of a bilateral meeting. We provide a potential interpretation for these patterns.

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  • Oasis Kodila-Tedika & Sherif Khalifa, 2026. "Diplomatic Visits and Development Assistance," Journal of Economic Development, The Economic Research Institute, Chung-Ang University, vol. 51(1), pages 65-89, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:ris:jecdev:022429
    DOI: 10.35866/caujed.2026.51.1.003
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    JEL classification:

    • D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
    • F54 - International Economics - - International Relations, National Security, and International Political Economy - - - Colonialism; Imperialism; Postcolonialism
    • F35 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - Foreign Aid
    • H11 - Public Economics - - Structure and Scope of Government - - - Structure and Scope of Government
    • O19 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - International Linkages to Development; Role of International Organizations

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