Regional international organizations in Africa as recipients of foreign aid

Why are some more attractive to donors than others

Dados Bibliográficos

ID8911652
AutoresSören Stapel (0000-0002-0564-4951, autor correspondente), Diana Panke (0000-0002-4434-1478), Fredrik Söderbaum (0000-0001-5264-4295)
Ano2023
Volume58
Fascículo4
Páginas522-541
Data de publicação2023-01-30
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoCooperation and Conflict (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0010-8367 • E-ISSN: 1460-3691
EditoraSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/00108367221147791
OpenAlexW4318476222
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas11
Referências citadas41

Foreign aid to regional international organizations (RIOs) has increased tremendously in recent decades. The vast differences between RIOs give rise to the question of why some RIOs attract considerable amounts of aid while others attract much less, or even nothing at all. To address that question, this article sets out and examines a set of hypotheses that focus on various characteristics of RIOs that allow donors to reduce transaction costs. Empirically, the analysis proceeds via two steps: the hypotheses are first subjected to an empirical plausibility probe based on quantitative methods and then illustrated based on case study of the Southern African Development Community. The findings reveal that RIOs are most attractive when they operate in a range of policy fields, involve many member-states and are engaged in long-lasting collaborations with donors. By contrast, there is little support for conventional explanations as to why RIOs attract funding – for instance, claims that being democratic, being most in need or providing donors with market access will lead to greater funding. The rather disturbing policy implication is that a small number of RIOs are likely to continue to attract the bulk of funding, whereas poorly funded RIOs are unlikely to attract significant amounts of aid

Business · Democracy · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Market access · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public economics · Transaction cost · Economic Growth and Development · Finance · International Development and Aid · Law · Religion, Society, and Development