Needs‐Based Targeting or Favoritism? The Regional Allocation of Multilateral Aid within Recipient Countries
利用世界银行和非洲开发银行在27个受援国的援助项目地理数据，检验多边援助是否针对贫困地区，发现援助并未按需分配，而是受政治偏袒影响，尤其体现在基础设施项目上。
SUMMARY The regional allocation of aid within recipient countries has been largely ignored. We use geocoded data on the location of aid projects financed by the World Bank and the African Development Bank within a sample of 27 recipient countries to assess the claim of donors that their aid targets needy population segments. We also assess whether political leaders in these countries direct aid funds to their home region. We do not find that the multilateral institutions take regional needs into account. Instead, favoritism appears to play an important role for location choices, in particular for physical infrastructure projects.