Aid Distribution and Co-operation in Unequal Communities

Ben D'Exelle and Marrit van den Berg

No wp-2012-111, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: We study the influence of economic inequality on co-operation and aid distribution in community-based development schemes. For this, we organized a field experiment in which community members contributed to a collective effort to attract aid. We find that devolving aid distribution to community representatives increases the aid attracted, but that this benefits community representatives only. At the same time, however, community representatives do take fairness considerations into account. They give higher aid shares to poorer community members and lower shares to low contributors.

Keywords: Economic assistance and foreign aid; Equality and inequality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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