Over the past two decades, donor funding of international organizations (IOs) such as the
United Nations, has shifted from core resources toward earmarked contributions. While core …

Earmarked aid to international organizations has quadrupled over the last two decades and
now represents almost 20% of total aid. This paper introduces a new dataset on earmarked …

Since the end of the Cold War, development assistance has been transformed in various
ways. The aid allocation and the aid effectiveness literature intensively discuss the …

The rapid growth of trust funds at multilateral development organizations has been widely
neglected in the academic literature. We examine sovereign donors' choices among various …

The rapid growth of trust funds at multilateral development organizations has been widely
neglected in the academic literature so far. Using a simple illustrative model, this paper …

We analyse the patterns of multi‐bi aid in the European Union. Using newly available multi‐
bi aid data and a large number of staff interviews at the European Commission, the World …

A growing portion of aid directed through multilateral channels is earmarked for specific
recipients and purposes, giving donors greater control, also known as multi-bilateral aid …

Almost nonexistent in the early 90s, bilateral development assistance disbursed through
earmarked funds co-managed by multilateral donors is playing an increasing role in the aid …

This study provides an analysis of the French usage of multi-bi aid in comparison to other
large donors of development assistance. Using a diverse set of methods, including …

Almost nonexistent in the early 90s, bilateral development assistance disbursed through
earmarked funds co-managed by multilateral donors is playing an increasing role in the aid …