Dirk?Jan Koch|Axel Dreher|Peter Nunnenkamp|Rainer Thiele
Keeping a Low Profile: What Determines the Allocation of Aid by Non-Governmental Organizations?
Radboud University Nijmegen|University of Göttingen|Kiel Institute for the World Economy|Kiel Institute for the World Economy
analyze targeting nongovernmental organization ngo aid across countries multivariate regression framework based dataset 61 important international ngos results show ngos active neediest countries reject hypothesis ngos complement official aid engaging difficult institutional environments rather replicate location choices official backdonors moreover ngos follow ngos aid gets clustered finally ngos select recipient countries common traits related religion colonial history findings suggest ngos keep low profile rather distinguishing donors remains open debate however whether findings also apply wide variety smaller ngos covered sample