Gesture Politics or Real Commitment? Gender Inequality and the Allocation of Aid
研究捐赠国是否向教育、健康或妇女权利方面性别差距较大的国家提供更多援助，并考察是否奖励改善这些指标的国家。发现教育健康差距大的国家获得更多援助，但捐赠国并非根据绩效分配资金。
We investigate whether donors give more aid to countries with larger gender gaps in education, health, or women’s rights, and whether they reward improvements in those indicators. We find some evidence that high gender gaps in education and health are associated with higher allocation of aid in those sectors and aid overall. Greater female political representation also appears to come along with higher aid flows. While we find no systematic evidence that donors allocate funds with regard to merit, our results show that donors are more responsive to inequalities in countries that provide good legal rights for women.