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Social capital, egalitarianism and foreign aid allocations
Author(s) -
Knowles Stephen
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of international development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.533
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1099-1328
pISSN - 0954-1748
DOI - 10.1002/jid.1327
Subject(s) - egalitarianism , government (linguistics) , economics , social capital , distribution (mathematics) , private sector , capital (architecture) , public economics , labour economics , economic growth , political science , politics , mathematical analysis , philosophy , linguistics , mathematics , archaeology , law , history
This paper explores the issue of whether countries that have higher levels of social capital, and/or are more egalitarian, are more generous in terms of donating foreign aid. The empirical results suggest that in countries with a more equal distribution of income, aid allocations by the government are higher, but donations to non‐government aid organisations by the private sector are lower. There is a positive correlation between the level of social capital and aid allocated by both the government and the private sector. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.