Determinants of International Emergency Aid : Humanitarian Need Only?

dc.creatorFink, Guenther
dc.creatorRedaelli, Silvia
dc.date2012-03-19T19:08:48Z
dc.date2012-03-19T19:08:48Z
dc.date2009-02-01
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T01:13:29Z
dc.descriptionThe authors use an original data set covering more than 400 recent natural disasters to analyze the determinants of international emergency aid. Although humanitarian need is a major determinant of emergency relief payments, the results imply that political and strategic factors play a crucial role in the emergency aid allocation. On average, donor governments favor smaller, geographically closer, and oil exporting countries, and display significant biases in favor of politically less aligned countries as well as toward their former colonies. The authors also test and reject the independence of donors' aid decisions, finding strong evidence for bandwagon effects in humanitarian assistance.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/4035
dc.identifier10.1596/1813-9450-4839
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/416259
dc.languageEnglish
dc.relationPolicy Research working paper ; no. WPS 4839
dc.relation5603
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectAID AGENCIES
dc.subjectAID ALLOCATION
dc.subjectAID COORDINATION
dc.subjectAID FLOWS
dc.subjectBANKS
dc.subjectBILATERAL AID
dc.subjectBILATERAL RELATION
dc.subjectBILATERAL RELATIONS
dc.subjectCENTRE FOR RESEARCH ON THE EPIDEMIOLOGY
dc.subjectCIVIL WAR
dc.subjectCLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subjectCRED
dc.subjectDAT DATABASE
dc.subjectDEATH TOLL
dc.subjectDECLARATION
dc.subjectDEVELOPED COUNTRIES
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT AID
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT BANKS
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT ISSUES
dc.subjectDISASTER
dc.subjectDISASTER AID
dc.subjectDISASTER PREPAREDNESS
dc.subjectDISASTER PREVENTION
dc.subjectDISASTER REDUCTION
dc.subjectDISASTER RELIEF
dc.subjectDISASTER RISK
dc.subjectDISASTER TYPE
dc.subjectDISASTER TYPES
dc.subjectDISCRIMINATION
dc.subjectDROUGHT
dc.subjectDROUGHTS
dc.subjectEARTHQUAKE
dc.subjectEARTHQUAKES
dc.subjectECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectEMERGENCIES
dc.subjectEMERGENCY ASSISTANCE
dc.subjectEMERGENCY RELIEF
dc.subjectEMERGENCY RESPONSE
dc.subjectEMERGENCY SITUATION
dc.subjectEMERGENCY SITUATIONS
dc.subjectEVACUATION
dc.subjectEXPORTS
dc.subjectFATALITIES
dc.subjectFIRE
dc.subjectFIRES
dc.subjectFLOOD
dc.subjectFLOODS
dc.subjectHEAT WAVES
dc.subjectHUMAN RIGHTS
dc.subjectHUMANITARIAN AID
dc.subjectHUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE
dc.subjectHUMANITARIANISM
dc.subjectHURRICANE
dc.subjectIMPORTS
dc.subjectINFECTIOUS DISEASES
dc.subjectINSURANCE
dc.subjectINSURANCE COMPANIES
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL AGENCIES
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL AID
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectNATURAL DISASTER
dc.subjectNATURAL DISASTERS
dc.subjectNATURAL HAZARDS
dc.subjectNEGOTIATION
dc.subjectNEGOTIATIONS
dc.subjectNEUTRALITY
dc.subjectPHYSICAL DAMAGE
dc.subjectPRIVATE DONORS
dc.subjectRECONSTRUCTION
dc.subjectRELIEF OPERATIONS
dc.subjectRESPONSE TO DISASTER
dc.subjectSLOW ONSET DISASTERS
dc.subjectSMOKE
dc.subjectSTD
dc.subjectTARP
dc.subjectTERRORISM
dc.subjectTSUNAMI
dc.subjectVOLCANO
dc.subjectWAR
dc.subjectWARS
dc.subjectWIND STORM
dc.subjectWIND STORMS
dc.subjectWORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
dc.titleDeterminants of International Emergency Aid : Humanitarian Need Only?

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