Aid allocation decisions of bilateral donors in Ugandan context

Q2 Social Sciences

Development Studies Research Pub Date : 2022-03-01 DOI:10.1080/21665095.2022.2043174

Hyejin Lee

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ABSTRACT Aid allocations choices bilateral donors make can be influenced by the institutional environment of a recipient government and the way this environment is perceived. This study examines bilateral donors’ approaches to their aid allocations in Uganda. Uganda provides an interesting case study since the government’s control over the aid funds decreased considerably over the past decade-with donors significantly tightening aid fungibility while the total aid funds Uganda received increased compared with the previous decade, 2002–2009. The donors seemed to control aid fungibility through aid modalities, sectors and/or channels; most aid was carried out as projects, in health-related sectors and through non-state actors, leaving small leverage for the Ugandan government over the aid funds. These might be the donors’ tactical responses to the cloudy political environment of Uganda by increasing their supervision over the aid funds, instead of cutting them. The largest donor, the United States, mostly shaped the aid portfolio of Uganda showing specific preferences in aid modalities, sectors and channels. Uganda should refine its effort towards an improvement of the national political context. This would increase donors’ confidence and willingness to loosen aid fungibility and lead better use of aid resources.

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双边捐助者在乌干达情况下的援助分配决定

双边捐助者的援助分配选择可能受到受援国政府的制度环境以及对这种环境的感知方式的影响。本研究审查了双边捐助者在乌干达分配援助的方法。乌干达提供了一个有趣的研究案例，因为在过去十年中，政府对援助资金的控制大幅下降，捐助者明显收紧了援助的可替代性，而乌干达收到的援助资金总额与前十年(2002-2009年)相比有所增加。捐助者似乎通过援助方式、部门和(或)渠道控制援助的可互换性;大多数援助是作为项目、在卫生部门和通过非国家行为体进行的，因此乌干达政府对援助资金的影响力很小。这些可能是捐助者对乌干达阴云密布的政治环境的战术反应，他们加强了对援助资金的监督，而不是削减。最大的捐助国美国在很大程度上塑造了乌干达的援助组合，在援助方式、部门和渠道方面表现出具体的偏好。乌干达应进一步努力改善国家政治环境。这将增强捐助者的信心和意愿，放宽援助的可互换性，更好地利用援助资源。

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Development Studies Research Social Sciences-Development

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12 weeks

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