Development aid cut-offs

Franziska F.N. Schreiber

Chapter 22 in Elgar Encyclopedia of International Sanctions, 2025, pp 79-81 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: Development aid cut-offs (also referred to as aid suspensions or aid sanctions) involve the temporal suspension or perpetual withdrawal, in part or in full, of development aid (or assistance) by a donor towards an aid recipient. This entry provides an overview of the empirical landscape of development aid cut-offs and factors shaping their effectiveness. “Traditional” aid donors are, for instance, the World Bank Group and member states of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development's (OECD) Development Assistance Committee (DAC), while actors from the Global South such as China have become increasingly active over time. Empirically, development aid has been found to be selectively and inconsistently suspended. As a subtype of sanctions, development aid cut-offs share commonalities with, but also differ from economic sanctions. A range of factors impinges on the effectiveness of development aid cut-offs. Although research assessing the effectiveness of aid suspensions states conflicting evidence, recent contributions point towards their relative effectiveness.

Keywords: Development aid; Aid sanctions; Appropriate measures; Conditionality; Effectiveness (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
ISBN: 9781035339525
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