Donor Aid - The Determinants of Development Allocations to Third World Countries

This fascinating study on international development aid addresses a central, yet too often neglected question: what does account for the variation in commitments to economic aid across the OECD donors? Building on a theoretical framework derived from «bounded rationality», Louis M. Imbeau elaborates a number of competing explanations and proceeds to test them on data collected for 17 OECD donors over the period 1966-1981. In so doing, this book makes a significant contribution to an interesting body of literature.

«This work (for which Dr. Imbeau received the Stein-Rokkan Prize) is cogent, elegant, and mature, - altogether fascinating.» (Rudolf Wildenman, University of Mannheim, Former Chairman of The ECPR)
«The structure and design of this study as a whole are elegant and in their condusion fruitful. It contributes substantially to an understanding of what has been a relatirely neglected area in the analysis of aid.» (Robert D. McKinlay, University of Lancaoter)
«Louis Imbeau a eu le mérite de présenter une approche théorique qui constitue une contribution sérieuse à l'étude des déterminants de l'aide au développement. Par ailleurs, l'analyse présente un intérêt incontestable tant par sa rigueur méthodologique que par la clarté du raisonnement.» (Saâd Amrani, Revue québécoise de science politique)