There is little consensus on whether foreign aid can reliably increase economic growth in
recipient countries. We review the literature on aid allocation and provide new evidence …

Purpose Smart cities and their internationalization process and efforts in order to gain the
competitive advantage in the international arena have received a great deal of attention by …

We investigate whether foreign aid from China is prone to political capture in aid-receiving
countries. Specifically, we examine whether more Chinese aid is allocated to the birth …

In any multilateral setting, some state representatives weigh much more heavily than others.
Practitioners often refer to this form of diplomatic hierarchy as the'international pecking …

Chinese “aid” is a lightning rod for criticism. Policy-makers, journalists, and public
intellectuals claim that Bei**g uses its largesse to cement alliances with political leaders …

Globalisation is blamed for many socioeconomic shortcomings. I discuss the consequences
of globalisation by surveying the empirical globalisation literature. My focus is on the KOF …

Foreign aid from China is often characterized as “rogue aid” that is guided by selfish
interests alone. We collect data on Chinese project aid, food aid, medical staff and total aid …

In this introductory essay to the special issue, we introduce a new dataset of foreign
assistance, AidData, that covers more bilateral and multilateral donors and more types of aid …

How do policies in international organizations reflect the preferences of powerful institutional
stakeholders? Using an underutilized data set on the conditions associated with World Bank …

Trades of money for political influence persist at every level of government. Not surprisingly,
governments themselves trade money for political support on the international stage …