The Progressivity and Regressivity of aid to the Social Sectors

Bob Baulch · Tam Vi An Le

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Abstract This paper analyses the distribution of aid to the social sectors between 2009 and 2011 using aid concentration curves. Its key findings are four‐fold. First, despite the stated objectives of donors, total aid disbursements are broadly neutral, favouring neither the most deprived nor relatively well‐off countries. Second, the pattern of social sector aid disbursements follows total aid. Third, the aid allocation patterns of bilateral and multilateral donors differ, with multilaterals donors generally being more focused on the poorest countries. Finally, the distribution of aid for health and population is more progressive than that for education or other social sectors. © 2015 UNU‐WIDER. Journal of International Development published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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