Domestic Politics and the Motives of Emerging Donors

Evidence from Turkish Foreign Aid

Bibliographic Data

ID6339754
AuthorsKerim Can Kavakli (0000-0003-2652-9976, Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey, corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume71
Issue3
Pages614-627
Publication date2018-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePolitical Research Quarterly (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1065-9129 • E-ISSN: 1938-274X
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1065912917750783
OpenAlexW2790215087
LanguageEN
Citations received13
References cited40

Why do developing countries give foreign aid? Although emerging donors are gaining importance in development finance, lack of systematic data on their aid allocation limits our understanding of their motives. We address this gap using detailed data on a major new donor, Turkey, since 1992. We show that domestic politics has had a large impact on Turkey’s priorities in giving aid. Turkish aid used to be determined by international alignments and coethnicity, but after the Islamic AKP ( Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi) took power, political ties lost importance. Turkey began to give more economic aid to trade partners and more humanitarian aid to Muslim nations. While this new focus on trade ties makes Turkey more similar to traditional donors, the growing role of cultural ties sets Turkey apart. The broader lesson of this study on Turkey is that government change can significantly influence the way emerging donors give aid and these changes can vary in predictable ways across different types of aid

Aid effectiveness · Developing country · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Government (linguistics · Humanitarian aid · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Turkish · International Development and Aid · Law · Political Conflict and Governance · Religion, Society, and Development

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