Social capital, egalitarianism and foreign aid allocations

Stephen Knowles ()

Journal of International Development, 2007, vol. 19, issue 3, 299-314

Abstract: This paper explores the issue of whether countries that have higher levels of social capital, and|or are more egalitarian, are more generous in terms of donating foreign aid. The empirical results suggest that in countries with a more equal distribution of income, aid allocations by the government are higher, but donations to non-government aid organisations by the private sector are lower. There is a positive correlation between the level of social capital and aid allocated by both the government and the private sector. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Date: 2007
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DOI: 10.1002/jid.1327

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