Eric Neumayer
Do Human Rights Matter in Bilateral Aid Allocation? A Quantitative Analysis of 21 Donor Countries<sup>*</sup>
London School of Economics and Political Science
objective analyze role human rights aid allocation 21 donor countries methods econometric analysis applied panel covering period 1985 1997 results respect civilpolitical rights plays statistically significant role donors aid eligibility stage personal integrity rights hand positive impact aid eligibility donors level stage donors fail promote respect human rights consistent manner often give aid countries poor record either civilpolitical personal integrity rights systematic difference apparent likeminded countries commonly regarded committed human rights canada denmark netherlands norway sweden donors conclusions contrary verbal commitment donor countries consistently reward respect human rights foreign aid allocation