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Israeli Diplomatic Relations and Foreign Aid Disbursements:
By: Geeva Gopalkrishnan and James Gadea
The Politics of Arab Foreign Aid
LEAGUE OF ARAB STATES
ARAB FUND FOR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Literature ReviewEric Neumayer, The London School of
Economics
Greater Arab population, more Arab aidPoorer Arab country, more Arab aidNo relationship with Israel, more Arab aid
Literature ReviewArab countries give
aid for economic development and political reasons.
Saudi Arabia gave aid during Cold War to counter socialist movements.
(Momani & Ennis)
Research QuestionWhat role does Israeli diplomatic relations have on
foreign aid disbursement by the Arab Fund to Arab League members?
HypothesisThe Arab Fund provides less aid to Arab
League countries that have diplomatic relationships with Israel.
Essentially…
It’s politics, baby.
Methodology
Aid Disbursements by Arab Fund
Diplomatic Relations with Israel
GDP Population
African Country War
Dependent Variable:
Independent Variable:(Dichotomous)
Control Variables:
Results
Chi Square
t-test / ANOVA
LDA / QDA
OLS Regressi
on
Categorical
Continuous
Categorical Continuous
Independent Variable
Dependent Variable
Results
Results
ResultsAr
ab F
und
Aid
(ln)
Explanatory Remarks
Secret Promotion of Security
Economic Engagement
• Arab Solidarity• Economic Engagement
instead of punishing
Explanatory Remarks
Explanatory RemarksArab Fund favors members who have
relations with Israel Publicly denounce IsraelPromote securitySecurity benefits of encouraging
diplomacy
Questions?
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