Does NGO Aid Go to the Poor? : Empirical Evidence from Europe /

This paper studies the aid allocation of European nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). Once population is controlled for, poverty consistently appears as the main worldwide determinant of NGO aid allocation. NGOs do not respond to strategic considerations. Their funding source does not seem to exer...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nancy, Gilles
Other Authors: Yontcheva, Boriana
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2006.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2006/039
Online Access:Full text available on IMF