Realignment in international development cooperation: Role of emerging donors

Beáta Udvari ()
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Beáta Udvari: University of Szeged, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Szeged, Hungary

Society and Economy, 2014, vol. 36, issue 3, 407-426

Abstract: International development cooperation has experienced large changes in recent years. One spectacular issue is the emergence of new donors, which are playing a more significant role than ever. China, India, Brazil, Russia, and the Arab countries — together with other emerging countries — support developing countries, though their activity is highly criticized by ‘traditional’ donors. The paper aims to analyse the behaviour of emerging donors with reflection on the question whether the additional resources complement or substitute the aid flows from traditional donors. The investigation shows that emerging donors do not behave as traditional donors and their aid allocation is determined by political and economic factors rather than the needs of the recipient countries. However, the statistical analysis reflects on the fact that in some cases emerging donors do behave similarly as traditional donors. Altogether, it is not proven that the additional resources complement existing aid flows.

Keywords: emerging donors; Arab donors; non-DAC countries (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F35 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
Note: This research was supported by the European Union and the State of Hungary, co-financed by the European Social Fund in the framework of TÁMOP 4.2.4.A/2-11-1-2012-0001 ‘National Excellence Program’.
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