Descriptive and prescriptive analyses of aid allocation : approaches, issues and consequences McGillivray, Mark 2004, Descriptive and prescriptive analyses of aid allocation : approaches, issues and consequences, International Review of Economics and Finance, vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 275-292, doi: doi:10.1016/j.iref.2003.11.005. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Descriptive and prescriptive analyses of aid allocation : approaches, issues and consequences Author(s) McGillivray, Mark Journal name International Review of Economics and Finance Volume number 13 Issue number 3 Start page 275 End page 292 Publisher Elsevier BV Place of publication The Netherlands Publication date 2004 ISSN 1059-0560 1873-8036 Keyword(s) Aid allocation Relative needs Per capita income Performance index Poverty Summary Studies of the interrecipient allocation of aid may be categorized threefold. First, there are those that attempt to explain the observed allocation of aid. Second, there are those that seek to describe or evaluate the allocation of aid against normative criteria. Third, there are those that seek to prescribe the interrecipient allocation of aid by calculating the amounts of aid each country should receive, also based on normative criteria. This article looks at the second and third categories of studies. It commences by looking at the different approaches and a descriptive measure used, and then repeats this exercise for the prescriptive literature. It then looks at differences between the prescribed allocations of the different approaches used in the literature. These allocations are then compared with actual allocations and evaluated against various normative criteria. This reveals significant differences, both between prescribed and actual allocations and the evaluations of the different prescriptive approaches. Language eng DOI doi:10.1016/j.iref.2003.11.005 Field of Research 140219 Welfare Economics Socio Economic Objective 970114 Expanding Knowledge in Economics HERDC Research category C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©Copyright 2004 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30028861 Document type: Journal Article Collection: Alfred Deakin Research Institute Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Wed, 26 May 2010, 16:06:32 EST Mon, 02 Aug 2010, 16:14:04 EST Mon, 02 Aug 2010, 16:14:57 EST Mon, 02 Aug 2010, 16:15:41 EST Mon, 02 Aug 2010, 16:16:29 EST Mon, 16 Jun 2014, 15:39:20 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 13 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 438 Abstract Views, 0 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Wed, 26 May 2010, 16:06:32 EST

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