This page lists selected papers working with geocoded foreign aid data. If you would like to have your paper included on this webpage, please let us know at godad@listserv.dfn.de.
Aid Allocation
Bomprezzi, P., Dreher, A., Fuchs, A., Hailer, T., Kammerlander, A., Kaplan, L., Marchesi, S., Masi, T., Robert, C., and K. Unfried, 2025, Wedded to Prosperity? Informal Influence and Regional Favoritism, CEPR Discussion Paper 18878 (v.2).
Röthel, T., 2025, Geopolitics and Subnational Aid Allocation – Competition between China and the West, Paper presented at the “Analyzing Global Development with the Geocoded Official Development Assistance Dataset (GODAD)” workshop.
Asmus, G., Eichenauer, V., Fuchs, A., and B. Parks, 2024, Does India Use Development Finance to Compete with China? A Subnational Analysis, Journal of Conflict Resolution 69, 2-3: 406-433.
Bommer, C., Dreher, A., and M. Perez-Alvarez, 2022, Home Bias in Humanitarian Aid: The Role of Regional Favoritism in the Allocation of International Disaster Relief, Journal of Public Economics 208: 104604.
Eichenauer, V., Fuchs, A., Kunze, S., and E. Strobl, B. Parks, 2020, Distortions in Aid Allocation of United Nations Flash Appeals: Evidence from the 2015 Nepal Earthquake, World Development 136: 105023.
Dreher, A., Fuchs, A., Hodler, R., Parks, B., Raschky, P., and M. Tierney, 2019, African Leaders and the Geography of China’s Foreign Assistance, Journal of Development Economics 140: 44-71.
Aid Effectiveness
Dreher, A., Pan, J., C. Schneider, and K. Tang, 2025, The Electoral Effects of Foreign Aid: Evidence from Sub-National Data. Paper presented at the “Analyzing Global Development with the Geocoded Official Development Assistance Dataset (GODAD)” workshop.
Dreher, A., Pan, J., and C. Schneider, 2025, Foreign Aid and Targeted Political Violence, CESifo Working Paper No. 11970.
Bomprezzi, P., Dreher, A., Fuchs, A., Hailer, T., Kammerlander, A., Kaplan, L., Marchesi, S., Masi, T., Robert, C., and K. Unfried, 2025, Wedded to Prosperity? Informal Influence and Regional Favoritism, CEPR Discussion Paper 18878 (v.2).
Reinsberg, B., 2025, Does Bilateral Aid Work Better Through Multilateral Channels? Evidence from the GODAD Database, Paper presented at the “Analyzing Global Development with the Geocoded Official Development Assistance Dataset (GODAD)” workshop.
Lindlacher, V. and G. Pirich, 2025, The Impact of China‘s “Stadium Diplomacy” on Local Economic Development in Sub-Saharan Africa, World Developmentt 185: 106765.
Cruzatti C., J., Dreher, A., and J. Matzat, 2023, Chinese Aid and Health at the Country and Local Level, World Development 167: 106214.
Bluhm, R., Dreher, A., Fuchs, A., Parks, B., Strange, A., and M. Tierney, 2025, Connective Financing: Chinese Infrastructure Projects and the Diffusion of Economic Activity in Developing Countries, Journal of Urban Economics 145: 103730.
Wellner, L., Dreher, A. Fuchs, A., Parks, B., and A. Strange, 2025, Can Aid Buy Foreign Public Support? Evidence from Chinese Development Finance, Economic Development and Cultural Change 73, 3: 523-578.
Bitzer, J. and E. Gören, 2024, Foreign Aid and Subnational Development: A Grid Cell Analysis, Journal of Development Studies 60, 10: 1557-1591.
Gehring, K., Kaplan, L.C., and M.H.L. Wong, 2022, China and the World Bank—How Contrasting Development Approaches Affect the Stability of African States, Journal of Development Economics 158: 102902.
Dreher, A., Fuchs, A., Hodler, R., Parks, B., Raschky, P., and M. Tierney, 2021, Is Favoritism a Threat to Chinese Aid Effectiveness? A Subnational Analysis of Chinese Development Projects, World Development 139: 105291.
Dreher, A. and S. Lohmann, 2015, Aid and Growth at the Regional Level, Oxford Review of Economic Policy 31: 420-446.