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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