Data for: Government ideology in donor and recipient countries: Does ideological proximity matter for the effectiveness of aid?

Abstract of associated article: Political misalignment and greater ideological distance between donor and recipient governments may render foreign aid less effective by adding to transaction costs and eroding trust. We test this hypothesis empirically by considering the political ideology of both governments along the left–right spectrum in augmented models on the economic growth effects of aid. Following the estimation approach of Clemens et al. (2012), we find that aid tends to be less effective when political ideology differs between the donor and the recipient.

相关文章摘要：政治立场的不一致以及捐赠国与受援国之间更深的意识形态差异可能会通过增加交易成本和削弱信任，降低外国援助的有效性。我们通过考虑两国政府沿左-右政治光谱的意识形态，在增强模型中对援助的经济增长效应进行实证检验，以验证此假设。遵循Clemens等（2012）的估计方法，我们发现当捐赠国与受援国的政治意识形态存在差异时，援助往往效果不佳。