01510cam a22002417 4500001000600000003000500006005001700011008004100028100002200069245011200091260006600203490004100269500001400310520056300324530006100887538007200948538003601020700002101056710004201077830007601119856003701195856003601232w7108NBER20141227080737.0141227s1999 mau||||fs|||| 000 0 eng d1 aAlesina, Alberto.10aDo Corrupt Governments Receive Less Foreign Aid?h[electronic resource] /cAlberto Alesina, Beatrice Weder. aCambridge, Mass.bNational Bureau of Economic Researchc1999.1 aNBER working paper seriesvno. w7108 aMay 1999.3 aCritics of foreign aid programs argue that these funds often support corrupt governments and inefficient bureaucracies. Supporters argue that foreign aid can be used to reward good governments. This paper documents that there is no evidence that less corrupt governments receive more foreign aid. On the contrary, according to some measures of corruption, more corrupt governments receive more aid. Also, we could not find any evidence that an increase in foreign aid reduces corruption. In summary, the answer to the question posed in the title is 'no.' aHardcopy version available to institutional subscribers. aSystem requirements: Adobe [Acrobat] Reader required for PDF files. aMode of access: World Wide Web.1 aWeder, Beatrice.2 aNational Bureau of Economic Research. 0aWorking Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research)vno. w7108.4 uhttp://www.nber.org/papers/w710841uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3386/w7108