Is NGO aid not so different after all? Comparing the allocation of Swiss aid by private and official donors

Peter Nunnenkamp, Janina Weingarth and Johannes Weisser

European Journal of Political Economy, 2009, vol. 25, issue 4, 422-438

Abstract: Being closer to the poor, NGOs are widely believed to provide better targeted aid than state agencies. But empirical evidence is largely lacking. We contribute to closing this gap by drawing on an exceptionally detailed Swiss database that covers different forms of NGO aid and several official aid benchmarks. The Tobit estimations account for both altruistic and selfish aid motivations. Whether or not NGOs provide better targeted aid depends on the source of NGO funding as well as the choice of the official benchmark. In contrast to widespread belief, however, the allocation of self-financed NGO aid reveals striking similarities to the allocation of official Swiss development aid.

Keywords: NGO; aid; Official; aid; Aid; allocation; Tobit; models (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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