Pulling the purse strings: Are there sectoral differences in political preferencing of Chinese aid to Africa?

ABSTRACT:

Objective

China is emerging as an increasingly important player in the global development space, but may be less bound to compacts that aim to curb political preferencing and therefore may produce less yield in terms of impact toward Sustainable Development Goals. This research tests the hypothesis that the disproportionate aid allocation to the birth regions of the current African political leaders that applies to some sectors more than others.

Design

We applied a two-part model to first estimate the probability that a region receives an aid project. Then when at least one aid project is present in a leader's birth region, we estimated the mean amount of aid the region received.

Setting

This analysis covers 699 subnational units (first administrative level) across 44

SUBMITTER: Dolan CB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7176131 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature