摘要：Major DAC donors are widely criticized for weak targeting of aid, selfish aid
motives and insufficient coordination. The emergence of an increasing number of new donors
may further complicate the coordination of international aid efforts. On the other hand, new
donors (many of which were aid recipients until recently) may have competitive advantages in
allocating aid according to need and merit. Project-level data on aid by new donors, as
collected by the PLAID initiative, allow for empirical analyses comparing the allocation
behavior of new versus old donors. We employ Probit and Tobit models and test for
significant differences in the distribution of aid by new and old donors across recipient
countries. We find that new donors (i) focus on closer neighbors, (ii) care less for recipient
need, (iii) exhibit a weaker bias towards badly governed countries, (iv) respond to disasters,
but with fewer resources than old donors, and (v) do not pursue commercial self interest.
关键词：aid allocation, new donors, donor motives, Probit, Tobit
