Replication Datasets

AidData has assembled a collection of replication datasets associated with scholarly research on aid allocation and aid effectiveness. Whenever possible, there is a link to the computer code that is necessary to replicate the results reported in a particular publication. If you have published a peer-reviewed journal article or book and would like to have your replication dataset and computer code posted in this collection, please send an email to info@aiddata.org.

Cambridge University Press

Making International Institutions Work The Politics of Performance

Published

2023-02-01

Ranjit Lall

International Studies Quarterly

Apples and Dragon Fruits: The Determinants of Aid and Other Forms of State Financing from China to Africa

Published

2018-02-06

Axel Dreher, Andreas Fuchs, Brad Parks, Austin M Strange, Michael J Tierney

Development Policy Review

Foreign Aid and Domestic Taxation: Multiple Sources, One Conclusion

Published

2016-04-05

Paul Clist

International Organization

Take the Money and Run: The Determinants of Compliance with Aid Agreements

Published

2016-01-18

Desha M. Girod, Jennifer L. Tobin

Journal of Development Studies

Democracy or Accountability? Governance and Social Spending in Africa

Published

2016-01-15

Stephanie Kumah, Samuel Brazys

World Development

Did Aid Promote Democracy in Africa? The Role of Technical Assistance in Africa’s Transitions

Published

2015-04-01

Clark Gibson, Barak Hoffman, Ryan Jablonski

World Development

The Role of Governance in Determining Foreign Aid Flow Composition

Published

2014-10-01

Matthew S. Winters, Gina Martinez

European Economic Review

Aid and Democracy Redux

Published

2014-04-01

Erasmus Kersting, Christopher Kilby

World Politics

How Aid Targets Votes: The Impact of Electoral Incentives on Foreign Aid Distribution

Published

2014-03-28

Ryan S. Jablonski

The World Economy

Do Performance Measures of Donors' Aid Allocation Underperform?

Published

2014-03-24

Paul Clist

International Studies Quarterly

Targeting, Accountability and Capture in Development Projects

Published

2013-05-06

Matthew S. Winters

The Review of International Organizations

Selectivity on Aid Modality: Determinants of Budget Support from Multilateral Donors

Published

2011-11-19

Paul Clist, Alessia Isopi, Oliver Morrissey

World Development

Rhetoric Versus Reality: The Best and Worst of Aid Agency Practices

Published

2011-11-01

William Easterly, Claudia R. Williamson

World Development

Dodging Adverse Selection: How Donor Type and Governance Condition Aid’s Effects on School Enrollment

Published

2011-11-01

Zachary Christiansen, Dustin Homer, Daniel Nielson

Journal of Political Economy

Can Hearts and Minds Be Bought? The Economics of Counterinsurgency in Iraq

Published

2011-10-04

Eli Berman, Jacob N. Shapiro, Joseph Felter

World Development

25 Years of Aid Allocation Practice: Whither Selectivity?

Published

2011-10-01

Paul Clist

World Development

The Localized Geography of Foreign Aid: A New Dataset and Application to Violent Armed Conflict

Published

2011-09-06

Michael G. Findley, Josh Powell, Daniel Strandow, Jeff Tanner

European Journal of Political Economy

The Ineffectiveness of Development Aid on Growth: An update

Published

2011-06-01

Chris Doucouliagos, Martin Paldam

Journal of Peace Research

Foreign Aid and Global Governance: Buying Bretton Woods - The Swiss-bloc case

Published

2011-05-01

James Raymond Vreeland

Journal of Peace Research

Transnational terrorism, US military aid, and the incentive to misrepresent

Published

2011-04-08

Navin A Bapat

World Development

Does the Asian Development Bank Respond to Past Environmental Performance when Allocating Environmentally Risky Financing?

Published

2011-03-01

Mark T. Buntaine

Journal of International Development

Aid and Tax Revenue: Signs of a Positive Effect Since the 1980s

Published

2011-03-01

Paul Clist, Oliver Morrissey

The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance

Donors and Domestic Politics: Political Influences on Foreign Aid Commitments

Published

2011-02-01

Dustin Tingley

International Organization

Who Supports Global Economic Engagement? The Sources of Preferences in American Foreign Economic Policy

Published

2011-02-01

Helen V. Milner, Dustin Tingley

American Journal of Political Science

Foreign Aid Shocks as a Cause of Violent Armed Conflict

Published

2011-01-13

Richard A. Nielsen, Michael G. Findley, Zachary S. Davis, Tara Candland, Daniel L. Nielson

Global Health Governance

Health Aid Governance in Fragile States: The Global Fund Experience

Published

2010-10-01

Olga Bornemisza, Jamie Bridge, Michael Olszak-Olszewski, George Sakvarelidze, Jeffrey V Lazarus

Social Science Quarterly

Do human rights matter in bilateral aid allocation? A quantitative analysis of 21 donor countries

Published

2010-07-06

Eric Neumayer

Journal of Politics

Foreign Aid Effectiveness and the Strategic Goals of Donor Governments

Published

2010-07-01

David H. Bearce, Daniel C. Tirone

World Politics

Choosing to Target: What Types of Countries Get Different Types of World Bank Projects

Published

2010-07-01

Matthew S. Winters

Economics & Politics

The Political Economy of U.S. Foreign Aid: American Legislators and the Domestic Politics of Aid

Published

2010-07-01

Helen V. Milner, Dustin Tingley

Economics Letters

The Impact of Aid on Growth Revisited: Do Donor Motives Matter?

Published

2010-06-01

Christopher Kilby, Axel Dreher

Journal of Development Studies

On Aid, Growth and Good Policies

Published

2010-03-29

Carl-Johan Dalgaard, Henrik Hansen

Journal of Development Economics

Changing aid regimes? U.S. foreign aid from the Cold War to the War on Terror

Published

2010-03-01

Robert K. Fleck, Christopher Kilby

Comparative Political Studies

Aid Effectiveness and the Politics of Personalism

Published

2010-02-24

Joseph Wright

The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance

Development aid and economic growth: A positive long-run relation

Published

2010-02-01

Camelia Minoiu, Sanjay G. Reddy

Journal of Conflict Resolution

Coming into Money: The Impact of Foreign Aid on Leader Survival

Published

2009-11-16

Amanda A. Licht

ResearchGate

Greenwashing or Mainstreaming? New Measures of Environmental Rhetoric and Funding at the World Bank

Published

2009-09-01

Ryan Powers, J. Timmons Roberts, Michael J. Tierney

Journal of Development Economics

The Political Economy of Conditionality: an Empirical Analysis of World Bank Loan Disbursements

Published

2009-05-01

Chris Kilby

Journal of Politics

Does Foreign Aid Support Autocrats, Democrats, or Both?

Published

2009-04-01

Daniel Yuichi Kono, Gabriella R. Montinola

Journal of Peace Research

The Cost of Shame: International Organizations and Foreign Aid in the Punishing of Human Rights Violators

Published

2009-01-01

James H. Lebovic, Erik Voeten

Journal of Development Economics

Development Aid and International Politics: Does membership on the UN Security Council influence World Bank decisions?

Published

2009-01-01

Axel Dreher, Jan-Egbert Sturm, James Raymond Vreeland

International Organization

Oil, Nontax Revenue, and the Redistributional Foundations of Regime Stability

Published

2009-01-01

Kevin M. Morrison

The Review of Economics and Statistics

Aid and growth: What does the cross-country evidence really show?

Published

2008-10-17

Raghuram G. Rajan, Arvind Subramania

The World Bank Economic Review

Does Aid for Education Educate Children? Evidence from Panel Data

Published

2008-04-11

Axel Dreher, Peter Nunnenkamp, Rainer Thiele

Oxford University Press

Greening Aid? Understanding the Environmental Impact of Development Assistance

Published

2008-03-01

Robert L. Hicks, Bradley C. Parks, J. Timmons Roberts, Michael J. Tierney

Comparative Political Studies

To Invest or Insure? How Authoritarian Time Horizons Impact Foreign Aid Effectiveness

Published

2008-02-13

Joseph Wright

Foreign Policy Analysis

Self-interest, foreign need and good governance: Are bilateral investment treaty programs similar to aid allocation?

Published

2008-01-31

Eric Neumayer

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

Private Voluntary Organizations Engaged in International Assistance, 1939-2004

Published

2007-12-12

Robert J. Barro, Rachel M. McCleary

Journal of Peace Research

European Aid: Human Rights Versus Bureaucratic Inertia?

Published

2007-07-01

Sabine C. Carey

The World Bank Economic Review

The Anarchy of Numbers: Aid, Development, and Cross-Country Empirics

Published

2007-05-01

David Roodman

World Politics

The Effects of U.S. Foreign Assistance on Democracy Building, 1990–2003

Published

2007-04-01

Steven E. Finkel, Anibal S. Pérez Liñan, and Mitchell A. Seligson

Routledge

The Pattern of Aid Giving - The Impact of Good Governance on Development Assistance

Published

2007-01-01

Eric Neumayer

Journal of Political Economy

How Much is a Seat on the Security Council Worth? Foreign Aid and Bribery at the United Nations

Published

2006-10-01

Ilyana Kuziemko, Eric Werker

World Development

NGOs in Bangladesh: Activities, Resources, and Governance

Published

2005-12-01

Varun Gauri, Julia Galef

Journal of Monetary Economics

IMF Programs: Who Is Chosen and What Are the Effects?

Published

2005-10-01

Robert J. Barro, Jong-Wha Lee

Journal of Development Studies

Is the allocation of food aid free from donor interest bias?

Published

2005-04-01

Eric Neumayer

American Political Science Review

The Political Economy of IMF Lending in Africa

Published

2004-11-01

Randall W. Stone

The Economic Journal

Counting Chickens When They Hatch: Timing and The Effects of Aid on Growth

Published

2004-07-22

Michael A. Clemens, Steven Radelet, Rikhil R. Bhavnani, Samuel Bazzi

American Economic Review

Aid, Policies, and Growth: Comment

Published

2004-06-01

William Easterly, Ross Levine, David Roodman

Economic Journal

On the Empirics of Foreign Aid and Growth

Published

2004-05-27

Carl-Johan Dalgaard, Henrik Hansen, Finn Tarp

International Organization

Conditioning the Effects of Aid: Cold War Politics, Donor Credibility, and Democracy in Africa

Published

2004-05-19

Thad Dunning

International Studies Quarterly

The Determinants of Aid Allocation by Regional Multilateral Development Banks and United Nations Agencies

Published

2003-01-01

Eric Neumayer

Journal of Development Studies

What Factors Determine the Allocation of Aid by Arab Countries and Multilateral agencies?

Published

2003-01-01

Eric Neumayer

World Development

Effective Aid: How Democracy Allows Development Aid to Improve the Quality of Life

Published

2003-01-01

Stephen Kosack

Journal of Peace Research

Examining the Goals of US Foreign Assistance in the Post-cold War Period, 1991-96

Published

2003-01-01

Brian Lai

Princeton University Press

Lending Credibility: The International Monetary Fund and the Post-Communist Transition

Published

2002-01-01

Randall W. Stone

Journal of Peace Research

Give or Take: Foreign Aid and Foreign Policy Substitutability

Published

2002-01-01

Glenn Palmer, Scott B. Wohlander, T. Clifton Morgan

Southern Economic Journal

Foreign Aid and Domestic Politics: Voting in Congress and the Allocation of USAID Contracts across Congressional Districts

Published

2001-01-01

Robert K. Fleck, Christopher Kilby

Journal of Development Economics

Supervision and Performance: The Case of World Bank Projects

Published

2000-06-01

Christopher Kilby

Journal of Economic Growth

Who Gives Foreign Aid to Whom and Why?

Published

2000-03-01

Alberto Alesina, David Dollar

Journal of Public Economics

Fiscal Effects of Foreign Aid in a Federal System of Governance: The Case of India

Published

2000-01-01

Shikha Jha, Vinaya Swaroop

The World Bank Development Research Group

What Does Aid to Africa Finance?

Published

1998-10-01

Shantayanan Devarajan, Andrew Sunil Rajkumar, Vinaya Swaroop