Ideas, Interests and Foreign Aid

Title......Page 7
Copyright......Page 8
Contents......Page 9
List of  Figures......Page 10
List of Tables......Page 11
Preface......Page 13
1 The many uses of foreign aid......Page 17
Development assistance past and present......Page 22
The goals of foreign aid......Page 25
Frames and foreign aid policy: the model......Page 29
Frames and foreign aid policy: the evidence......Page 33
Conclusion......Page 37
2 One policy, multiple goals: framing and foreign aid......Page 39
International relations theory: constraints, preferences, ideas......Page 40
Frames and discourse in policy-making......Page 44
Measuring frames......Page 46
Origins and evolution of frames......Page 50
Establishing frames as causal factors......Page 52
A frame model of foreign aid policy......Page 55
Basic hypotheses......Page 57
Conclusion......Page 60
3 Debates about aid......Page 64
Methodology......Page 65
Debates and codes......Page 67
Speaking turns and aggregation across speakers......Page 70
From arguments to broad frames......Page 71
The dataset......Page 74
Belgium......Page 79
Italy......Page 82
The Netherlands......Page 85
Norway......Page 87
Using the data to generate predictions......Page 89
Conclusion......Page 92
4 Aid frames......Page 93
The origins of aid frames......Page 94
The 1960s and 1970s: consolidating aid as a policy area......Page 100
Aid discourse in the 1980s and 1990s: crisis, fatigue, renewal......Page 106
Discussion......Page 111
Governments as frame entrepreneurs......Page 112
Governments and policy visibility......Page 118
Conclusion......Page 124
5 The administration of aid policy......Page 126
Creating and consolidating aid administrations......Page 127
Adaptation and reorganization in the 1970s and 1980s......Page 130
Crises and new mandates in the 1990s......Page 135
Aid quality......Page 142
Tied aid......Page 143
Multilateral aid organizations......Page 147
Conclusion......Page 152
6 The generosity contest:......Page 155
The dependent variable - trends and characteristics......Page 156
The impact of international norms: the 0.7 per cent of GNP target......Page 160
Explaining aid volume: the literature......Page 162
Case studies - from aid discourse to aid volume......Page 165
Belgium: about average, but not much more......Page 166
Italy: enough not to be embarrassed......Page 169
The Netherlands: influence by setting an example and exceeding standards......Page 172
Norway: matching and outperforming peers......Page 175
Statistical analysis - uncovering patterns and establishing causes......Page 178
Conclusion......Page 184
7 The popularity contest:......Page 187
Geographical patterns in aid flows......Page 188
Aid frames and the recipient selection process......Page 196
Belgium: cultural affinity and economic promise......Page 198
Italy: post-colonial and regional interests......Page 201
The Netherlands: different ways to pursue influence......Page 204
Norway: concentration or dispersion?......Page 207
A quantitative analysis of frames and aid allocation......Page 210
Statistical model......Page 211
Operationalization......Page 214
Statistical analysis......Page 216
Discussion......Page 222
Conclusion......Page 224
8 Conclusion: frames and policy......Page 226
Framing foreign aid......Page 227
The evidence: from frames to policy......Page 230
Other aspects of aid policy11......Page 232
Aid frames in other countries......Page 235
Aid frames and policy advocacy......Page 237
Framing and policy-making: beyond aid......Page 238
Conclusion......Page 247
Appendix A: Legislative debates coded......Page 251
Appendix B: Debate coding examples......Page 263
Appendix C: Aid distribution: data and sources......Page 275
Bibliography......Page 280
Index......Page 299