Do Corrupt Governments Receive Less Foreign Aid?
发现没有证据表明腐败程度较低的政府获得更多对外援助,反而某些指标显示更腐败的政府获得更多援助,且增加援助并未减少腐败。
Critics of foreign aid programs argue that these funds often support corrupt governments and inefficient bureaucracies. Supporters argue that foreign aid can be used to reward good governments. This paper documents that there is no evidence that less corrupt governments receive more foreign aid. On the contrary, according to some measures of corruption, more corrupt governments receive more aid. Also, we could not find any evidence that an increase in foreign aid reduces corruption. In summary, the answer to the question posed in the title is "no."