Development minister characteristics and aid giving

Fuchs, Andreas; Richert, Katharina

doi:10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2017.08.004

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“…To spell out our line of reasoning, we expect to see increases in the budget of a ministry when a male humanitarian aid minister assumes office. As Fuchs and Richert (2018) discuss, government members aim at maximising the budget of their respective ministry, but both genders might experience differing levels of success in obtaining large budgets at the cabinet table. Research in behavioural economics indeed suggests that women fare worse in negotiation outcomes, including salary negotiations (e.g., Gerhart & Rynes, 1991; see Croson & Gneezy, 2009 for a literature review).…”

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Does private aid follow the flag? An empirical analysis of humanitarian assistance

Fuchs

Öhler

2020

World Economy

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This paper compares the allocation of private humanitarian aid to that of official humanitarian aid awarded to 140 recipient countries over the 2000–2016 period. We construct a new database that offers information on the country in which the headquarters of private donors are located to test whether private aid tends to follow the humanitarian aid allocation pattern of the respective official donor. Our empirical results confirm that private humanitarian aid tends to “follow the flag”. This finding is robust against the inclusion of various fixed effects, estimating instrumental variables models and disaggregating private humanitarian aid into corporate aid and NGO aid. Donor country‐specific estimations reveal that private humanitarian aid from China, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States tend to “follow the flag”.

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Does private aid follow the flag? An empirical analysis of humanitarian assistance

Fuchs

Öhler

2020

World Economy

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“…Regarding on‐the‐job experience, Moessinger (2014) show that a more experienced finance minister, measured by the number of years in the position, have smaller increases in the debt‐to‐GDP ratio. Similarly, Fuchs and Richert (2017) show that more experienced development ministers obtain larger aid budgets because the longer time in office strengthens their ability to negotiate. On the sub‐national level, Freier and Thomasius (2016) identify that German mayors who have prior experience in office reduce public debt, lower expenditure and decrease local tax rates.…”

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The Impact of Career Politicians: Evidence from US Governors

Pickard¹

2020

Kyklos

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SUMMARYThis paper exploits the presence of Congressional experience in US governors that permits the identification of the relationship between political career experience and intergovernmental transfers. I assemble a novel dataset of governors’ political background and match this to federal transfer data from 1950 to 2008. Governors with Congressional experience have 0.8 percentage points more transfers to their state. I show evidence for one potential channel that this may act through, the federal grants system. The findings are robust to outliers in the data, selection effects, close elections and an alternative dependent variable based on a state’s share of total federal transfers

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“…The Joint Commitment for Development also signalled priorities are articulated through relationship mechanisms and aid institutions. Personalities also played a factor in how the high-level consultation and arrangements eventuated because they informed and held a lot of internal influence, especially on articulating national development priorities (Fuchs and Richert, 2018;Alesina and Dollar, 2000). This is important not only from a relationship mechanism lens but also with regard to the importance of engagement:…”

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Siutakahe'ahoafā: Navigating the Kingdom of Tonga's national development priorities under international aid.

Taumoefolau¹

2021

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The title of this thesis - Siutaka he ‘aho afā – is interpreted as ‘Day storm voyager’. This title encapsulates the journeys undertaken by the Kingdom of Tonga as it navigates the ocean of international development and the frequent challenges or ‘storms’ it encounters. This research seeks to understand better how Tonga articulates and pursues its national development priorities in the context of international aid. It focuses in particular on Country Programmable Aid to Tonga from Australia and New Zealand in the years 2013-17 and how the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness Principles are applied to Tonga. The main research question addressed is: ‘To what extent are the national development priorities of Tonga shaped or supported by international aid?’ The research is qualitative in approach and is composed of two sources of data: from in-depth interviews with a range of both Tongan and donor officials; and analysis of key aid and development documents. It examines the political and administrative context of Tonga, highlighting the political environment, changing leadership and the direction set by its strategic goals for development. It then looks in detail at the aid activities of, respectively, Australia and New Zealand, and analyses their various priorities and ways of operating. The research uses the five Paris Declaration principles for aid effectiveness as a framework to analyse the way aid relationships and interactions occurred in Tonga over the period. There was generally high-level support for the Paris principles and these supported the idea that the Government of Tonga should ‘own’ its development, by drafting and implementing its development priorities and strategies. This was supported by agreement to abide by the principles of alignment with Tongan systems and Harmonisation amongst donors as well as pursuing practices which enhanced results-based management and accountability. However, in the details of daily interactions and practices, we also saw how these high-level agreements were often diluted or confused. Although Tonga had its own set of priorities, donors continued to choose which of these they would fund, according to their own strategic goals and concerns. Furthermore, given significant issues of capacity to operate effectively in the aid environment, with much onus on Tongan officials and agencies to provide data, report on progress, consult with the public and engage closely with donors, we saw how Tonga often struggled to exert strong and consistent leadership and control of aid-supported development. In drawing broader conclusions, the Paris Declaration is found to be a step in the right direction for improving the effectiveness of foreign aid to Tonga. However, what determines the likelihood of effectiveness is multifaceted, and dependent on will, need, and, perhaps most importantly, on Tonga’s leadership. It is found that the most fundamental factor for Tonga – both a unique challenge and a strength - is the enduring resilience of our culture together with our leadership code.

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Development minister characteristics and aid giving

Cited by 19 publications

References 89 publications

Does private aid follow the flag? An empirical analysis of humanitarian assistance

Does private aid follow the flag? An empirical analysis of humanitarian assistance

The Impact of Career Politicians: Evidence from US Governors

Siutakahe'ahoafā: Navigating the Kingdom of Tonga's national development priorities under international aid.

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