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Does Foreign Aid Improve Gender Performance in Recipient Countries?
Author(s) -
Bali Swain Ranjula,
Garikipati Supriya,
Wallentin Fan Yang
Publication year - 2020
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.3500
Subject(s) - gender equality , empowerment , gender inequality , inequality , women's empowerment , developing country , gender and development , order (exchange) , political science , structural equation modeling , aid effectiveness , civil society , economic growth , development economics , business , economics , sociology , computer science , social change , gender studies , law , politics , mathematical analysis , social transformation , mathematics , finance , machine learning
An explicit goal of foreign aid is to promote female empowerment and gender equality in developing countries. We investigate if foreign aid achieves this intended goal by examining its impact on gender performance of recipient countries at the country level. Employing structural equation models, our results suggest that aid alone, even when targeted to directly improve gender outcomes, is unlikely to shift systemic inequalities. Aid will need to bolster civil society efforts that challenge institutional structures and norms in order to impact gender outcomes at country level. © 2020 The Authors. Journal of International Development published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd