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Aid Allocation by German NGOs: Does the Degree of Public Refinancing Matter?

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  • Axel Dreher

    (University of Göttingen)

  • Peter Nunnenkamp

    (Kiel Institute for the World Economy)

  • Susann Thiel
  • Rainer Thiele

    (Kiel Institute for the World Economy)

Abstract

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.

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  • Axel Dreher & Peter Nunnenkamp & Susann Thiel & Rainer Thiele, 2010. "Aid Allocation by German NGOs: Does the Degree of Public Refinancing Matter?," Courant Research Centre: Poverty, Equity and Growth - Discussion Papers 23, Courant Research Centre PEG.
    • Handle: RePEc:got:gotcrc:023
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    2. Peter Nunnenkamp & Hannes Öhler, 2012. "Funding, Competition and the Efficiency of NGOs : An Empirical Analysis of Non‐charitable Expenditure of US NGOs Engaged in Foreign Aid," Kyklos, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 65(1), pages 81-110, February.
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    5. Nunnenkamp, Peter & Öhler, Hannes, 2011. "Aid Allocation through Various Official and Private Channels: Need, Merit, and Self-Interest as Motives of German Donors," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 39(3), pages 308-323, March.
    6. Wunderlich Anne C., 2014. "Notwendigkeit, Möglichkeiten und Herausforderungen der Korruptionsbekämpfung und -prävention deutscher NGOs in der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit: Anmerkungen zum gleichnamigen Buch von Kerstin Frenzel," ORDO. Jahrbuch für die Ordnung von Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft, De Gruyter, vol. 65(1), pages 493-496, January.
    7. Nunnenkamp, Peter & Öhler, Hannes, 2010. "Donations to US based NGOs in international development cooperation: How (un-)informed are private donors?," University of Göttingen Working Papers in Economics 117, University of Goettingen, Department of Economics.
    8. Öhler, Hannes, 2013. "Do Aid Donors Coordinate Within Recipient Countries?," Working Papers 0539, University of Heidelberg, Department of Economics.
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    • F35 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - Foreign Aid

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