Branding for business? Hungary and the sustainable development goals

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Small Donors in World Politics: The Role of Trust Funds in the Foreign Aid Policies of Central and Eastern European Donors

“…Small states tend to contribute more to multilateral initiatives than larger states (Addison et al, 2004), and this can apply D influence how the allocation decisions of the fund are made (Reinsberg et al, 2017). Qualitative evidence on the World Bank shows that especially mid-sized donors wield considerable influence through trust funds (Reinsberg 2017), but there is increasing evidence that some CEE countries are also able to punch above their weight in international development diplomacy (Szent-Iványi et al, 2018). As Western donors typically contribute more to these funds than the CEE countries, having a say on how the resources are spent can allow the CEE donors to leverage their own contributions.…”