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Replication Data for: Do human rights matter in bilateral aid allocation? A quantitative analysis of 21 donor countries, Social Science Quarterly, 84 (3), 2003, pp. 650-666

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Title Replication Data for: Do human rights matter in bilateral aid allocation? A quantitative analysis of 21 donor countries, Social Science Quarterly, 84 (3), 2003, pp. 650-666
 
Identifier https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/4REM6P
 
Creator Neumayer, Eric
 
Publisher Harvard Dataverse
 
Description Objective.
To analyze the role of human rights in aid allocation of 21 donor
countries.

Methods.
Econometric analysis is applied to a panel covering the period
1985 to 1997.

Results.
Respect for civil/political rights plays a statistically
significant role for most donors at the aid eligibility stage. Personal integrity rights,
on the other hand, have a positive impact on aid eligibility for few donors only. At
the level stage, most donors fail to promote respect for human rights in a consistent
manner and often give more aid to countries with a poor record on either civil/
political or personal integrity rights. No systematic difference is apparent between
the like-minded countries commonly regarded as committed to human rights
(Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden) and the other
donors.

Conclusions.
Contrary to their verbal commitment, donor countries do not
consistently reward respect for human rights in their foreign aid allocation.
 
Subject Social Sciences
 
Contributor Neumayer, Eric