Does it pay for US-based NGOs to go to war? Empirical evidence for Afghanistan and Iraq

Youngwan Kim and Peter Nunnenkamp

No 1878, Kiel Working Papers from Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel)

Abstract: Apart from altruistic reasons, NGOs may engage in developing countries under conditions of conflict and war in order to secure funding and survive in the 'market' of humanitarian relief and development assistance. Applying a difference-in-difference-in-differences approach, we analyze empirically whether the presence of US-based NGOs in Afghanistan and Iraq improved their chances of external funding. We find that NGOs being active in Afghanistan tended to benefit from easier access to official sources of funding after the US intervention, compared to NGOs staying away. Nevertheless, there is no compelling evidence that it pays for NGOs to engage where the United States intervenes militarily.

Keywords: NGOs; official funding; private donations; Afghanistan; Iraq (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F35 F51 L31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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