‘The Swarm Principle’: A Sub-National Spatial Analysis of Aid Targeting and Donor Coordination in Sub-Saharan Africa

Do bilateral and multilateral foreign aid donors target poverty? To answer that question, we present a framework for assessing the quality of aid targeting sub-nationally. If donors cluster aid in areas with concentrated poverty, or spread out aid in areas of diffuse poverty, then we conclude that d...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Josiah F. Marineau, Michael G. Findley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centre for Security Governance 2020-05-01
Series:Stability : International Journal of Security and Development
Online Access:https://www.stabilityjournal.org/articles/669