Rainer Thiele|Peter Nunnenkamp|Axel Dreher
Do Donors Target Aid in Line with the Millennium Development Goals? A Sector Perspective of Aid Allocation
Kiel Institute for the World Economy|Kiel Institute for the World Economy|ETH Zurich
analyze aid portfolio various bilateral multilateral donors testing whether prioritized aid line millennium development goals mdgs employing tobit models combine sectorally disaggregated aid data various indicators reflecting situation recipient countries regarding mdgs show donors differ extent sectoral aid allocation conducive achieving major mdgs mdgs notably fight hivaids shaped allocation aid however respect mdgs primary education considerable gap donor rhetoric actual aid allocation invites conclusion current focus substantially increasing aid unlikely desired effects unless targeting aid improved