Foreign aid in a divided country: Subnational aid allocations in post-conflict Bosnia and Herzegovina

Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61989592%3A15310%2F25%3A73633156" target="_blank" >RIV/61989592:15310/25:73633156 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305750X25002232" target="_blank" >https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305750X25002232</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2025.107138" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.worlddev.2025.107138</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Foreign aid in a divided country: Subnational aid allocations in post-conflict Bosnia and Herzegovina
Original language description
Our paper examines the sub-national distribution of aid in the context of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s ethnically diverse population, uneven socio-economic performance, and complex administrative system. The research builds on a unique dataset of geolocated projects and project activities of the ten key bilateral and multilateral donors in Bosnia and Herzegovina. We examined (i) the spatial distribution of aid among the municipalities of BiH, both from individual donors, and in aggregate, and (ii) factors associated with the distribution of aid. The results suggest that donors give little attention to development needs in their aid allocations, as they allocate more aid to municipalities that are better off. As such, their aid contributes to spatial inequalities with potentially destabilizing effects. On the other hand, we found no significant evidence that donor aid allocations at the aggregate level were biased by ethnic considerations, although we cannot rule out (geo)political factors. Finally, the paper reveals different patterns of aid among individual multilateral and DAC donors. The paper is the first of its kind to examine sub-national aid allocations in the Global East.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - 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
<a href="/en/project/GA22-27579S" target="_blank" >GA22-27579S: Geographies of development aid at subnational level in transition countries of Eastern and South-eastern Europe</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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