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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"aid allocation"”.
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Unraveling red tape: foreign aid allocation and the domestic bureaucracy
… have suggested that donor countries view foreign aid as a strategic tool in their economic arsenal. In contrast, however, donor countries actually describe their foreign aid as purely altruistic, as a way to alleviate poverty in the countries that receive aid. I argue this discrepancy exists due …
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Sensitivity of state aid allocation to measures of needs and resources in local governments
… the sensitivity of state intergovernmental aid, per capita, to measures of resources, infrastructure, social services, social problems and demographics in Northern and Southern local governments in 1982 and 1992. Time-periods chosen are based on the potential for domestic policies born …
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Governance and aid allocation in the International Development Association (IDA) : revisiting assessing aid in the twenty-first century
… relationship between governance and the foreign aid allocation of a World Bank agency, the International Development Association. In particular, the study investigates whether this major multilateral program's financial support for the development of the world's poorest countries consistently …
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ESSAYS ON FOREIGN AID EFFECTIVENESS: THE ROLE OF MONITORING PROCEDURES IN IMPROVING AID EFFECTIVENESS AND THE IMPACT OF AID-RECIPIENT GOVERNANCE ON AID ALLOCATION AND WELFARE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
… dissertation presents three essays on foreign aid effectiveness. Chapter 1 presents the role of monitoring procedures in improving the effectiveness of foreign aid. It analyzes how monitoring procedures influence the government’s effort and improve the effectiveness of foreign aid. The chapter …
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Towards European Integration: Do the European Union and Its Members Abide by the Same Principles?
… occurs at the foreign policy level through aid allocation. Based on the literatures on political conditionality and on the relationship between human rights and foreign aid allocation, I expected that all EU members promote principles of good governance by rewarding countries that protect …
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Global food security: Drivers, measurement, and humanitarian response
… in urban areas. The second study evaluates aid allocation in Afghanistan and finds that although funding increases following IPC Emergency alerts, which serve as the international system’s institutionalized food crisis alerts, the per capita response remains insufficient relative to …
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The nexus between soft power and US foreign aid
… the role of soft power in US bilateral foreign aid allocation? Drawing on insights from Joseph Nye's soft power concept, I examine the relationship between US bilateral development and military aid allocations and like-minded states from 1981 to 2011. Accordingly, US soft power attracts …
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The Politics of Triage: International Aid and AIDS Care in Northern Uganda
Uganda has been considered an AIDS success story since the late 1990s when prevalence rates decreased around the country. Recognizing Uganda’s unique AIDS response, this thesis seeks to analyze HIV/AIDS in Uganda and challenges normative understandings of Uganda’s ‘success’, specifically, in …
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Three Essays in Applied Economics
… strategic decision on the provision of foreign aid, and the firm’s strategic decision to engage in Corporate Social Respon- sibility (CSR). The first essay presents an analysis on the effect of income taxes and its effect on worker’s transitions towards informality. We find that an increase in …
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Three essays on the influence of state policies on transfer enrollment at 4-year institutions
… state appropriations, and state financial aid policies. The review revealed a significant concentration of research on community college to baccalaureate transfer pathway as well as on articulation policies. There was little attention to the influence of state appropriations and financial …
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The publishing industry, the ideological framework and foreign aid in Tanzania
… active participation of institutions in foreign aid allocation as well as the development of policy formulation, despite the policy of socialism and self-reliance. The new policy on production and distribution of school/college books legitimizes the SIDA proposal. Also argues that small …
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Does U.S. food aid have disincentive effects on local food production?
Food aid is an important tool to fight poverty and avert humanitarian crises in developing countries. Although multiple studies on U.S. food aid have been carried out in the past few decades, the answer to the question— what is the impact of food aid on agricultural production— remains unclear. …
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AID Effectiveness in Post-Conflict Countries
… This dissertation examines the role of aid in countries recovering from conflict by investigating the determinants and the time scale of post-conflict aid and its impact on outcomes of economic recovery. In so doing, this dissertation aims to enhance understanding of the role of foreign …
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Expanding the Usage of Renewable Energy Through Innovation and Technology Transfer
… to technology diffusion, exploring how foreign aid helps developing countries increase their capacity to use renewable energy technologies. I find that foreign aid on technical cooperation (transferring intangible knowledge) increases future renewable energy production more than foreign aid on …
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How do traditional donors respond when beneficiary countries set up their own aid agencies? : case studies of India, Brazil and South Africa
… many decades. However, the creation of dedicated aid agencies in emerging donor countries is a relatively new feature. The establishment of these aid agencies is often motivated by the objective of better coordinating and managing the increasing volume and scope of their development assistance …
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Essays on foreign aid volatility
Existing explanations for why foreign aid can fail to achieve its objectives tend to highlight issues that have roots in recipient countries, and scholars have documented at length the perverse mechanisms through which recipient governments can misappropriate and misuse development assistance. In …
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Remote Sensing and Integrated Systems Frameworks for Decision Support in Sustainable Development
… Decision Support Systems (DSS) software can aid these stakeholders by improving understanding of systems dynamics and interrelated societal factors. However, flaws in existing DSS development and functionality often produce DSS that do not meet the objectives of local stakeholders, leading to …
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Understanding biodiversity conservation funding and the diffusion of transnational gender norms in Bhutan
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2022-08-01