The Political Economy of International Aid: A Domestic Perspective

Abstract

The panel invites contributions that investigate the domestic preferences, politics and strategies of donor countries in foreign aid policy. Scholarly debate on the political economy of aid is currently shifting towards a better understanding of the mechanisms that shape the scope and design of donor countries’ foreign aid policy, but also the domestic consequences of foreign aid in recipient countries. The panel invites papers that further enhance our understanding of how donor countries allocate their aid budget and how this process is influenced by domestic constituencies, partisan politics and institutional and organisational structures. At the same time the panel welcomes contributions that bring into perspective recipient countries’ domestic reactions towards international aid both in terms of support by domestic constituencies and governmental or societal responses.

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