Chapter 5

Political Economy of Foreign Aid, Bilateral

E. Werker

Harvard Business School, Boston, MA, USA

Outline

Political Economy of Aid Disbursement

With a Little Help from My Friends

Empirically Speaking

Does it Matter that Aid Allocation is Political?

Political Economy of Aid Receipt

Capital to the Capitol

Spending Hard-Earned Aid

It’s the Economy, Stupid

Making Good

Taking the Politics Out of Aid Allocation

Saving Aid from Itself, or, Taking the Politics Out of Aid Receipt and Disbursement

Conclusion

References

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