Polish and Czech foreign aid: a 'melange' of geopolitical and developmental objectives

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://obd.upol.cz/id_publ/333185125" target="_blank" >https://obd.upol.cz/id_publ/333185125</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/s41268-020-00192-x" target="_blank" >10.1057/s41268-020-00192-x</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Polish and Czech foreign aid: a 'melange' of geopolitical and developmental objectives

Original language description

This paper seeks to bring new insights into the foreign aid allocation behaviour and patterns of two donors from the group of post-communist EU member countries, namely Poland and the Czech Republic. We use quantitative regression analysis to address Polish and Czech foreign aid objectives with a specific emphasis on geopolitical considerations and promotion of democracy. The results reveal a considerable level of similarity between Polish and Czech foreign aid allocation. Both donor countries use foreign aid to safeguard their own geopolitical self-interests-the Czech Republic and especially Poland prioritise post-Soviet countries in their aid allocations. They also prefer recipients in a relative geographic proximity. On the other hand, economic objectives are not significant drivers of Polish and Czech foreign aid. Given the recipients&apos; needs, the middle-income effects are evident in both countries&apos; aid allocations. Although support of democracy is an official objective of both donors, the level of democracy and freedom played a statistically significant role only in the allocation of overall Czech aid. A separated analysis on Polish and Czech democracy aid reveals even stronger biases of democracy aid towards former post-Soviet countries. Our research has also acknowledged the need for a more precise definition of democratic assistance.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50701 - Cultural and economic geography

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2021

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Journal of International Relations and Development

ISSN

1408-6980

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

24

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

SI - SLOVENIA

Number of pages

27

Pages from-to

"279–305"

UT code for WoS article

000522580500001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85082943153