Polish and Czech foreign aid: a ‘mélange’ of geopolitical and developmental objectives

Opršal, Zdeněk; Harmáček, Jaromír; Vítová, Pavla; Syrovátka, Miroslav; Jarecka-Stępień, Katarzyna

doi:10.1057/s41268-020-00192-x

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“…Similarly, Opršal et al (2017) find that the Czech Republic tends to provide more aid to recipient countries which are geographically closer and with which it has closer historical ties. Furthermore, Opršal et al (2021) argue that Czechia and Poland prefer to allocate aid to post-Soviet recipient countries, approximating the geopolitical concerns and historical relations, and countries situated in a closer proximity. In terms of the variables approximating donor's self-interests, it seems that Slovakia behaves in a similar way as other Central and Eastern European donors, especially the Czech Republic.…”

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“…It therefore seems that Slovakia disregards indicators of good governance, institutional quality and political regime in the recipient countries when deciding on aid selection and allocation. As compared to the Czech Republic, Opršal et al (2017) and Opršal et al (2021) find that Czechia prefers in its aid allocation more democratic recipient countries with a higher degree of freedom. However, they argue that the Czech Republic tends to provide more aid to the recipient countries with poorer quality of institutions (Opršal et al 2017), which leads to ambiguous results in terms of the recipient merit indicators.…”

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Principal determinants of territorial allocation of the Slovak Republic’s bilateral development aid: Path-dependent trajectory?

Jančovič¹,

Szabó²

2022

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Principal determinants of territorial allocation of the Slovak Republic's bilateral development aid: Path-dependent trajectory? Slovakia started to provide bilateral official development assistance (ODA) in 2003 and became a fully-fledged member of the Development Assistance Committee of the OECD in 2013. This paper empirically examines the main determinants influencing the territorial selection and allocation of the Slovak Republic's ODA during the period 2003 -2019.To reach the aim of this paper, we apply regression analysis with Probit and Tobit models and variables approximating recipient needs, donor interests as well as recipient merit. The results indicate that the allocation of Slovak aid is significantly determined by closer historical ties, geographical proximity, the existence of a Slovak embassy, quality of social policies and the size of population in the recipient countries, as well as the inertia in policy decision-making on aid allocation. This suggests that the Slovak Republic's ODA follows a path-dependent trajectory as most of its assistance traditionally flows to geographically closer countries with similar historical experiences from the communist and subsequent transition period, regardless of developmental needs of the poorest countries.

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Principal determinants of territorial allocation of the Slovak Republic’s bilateral development aid: Path-dependent trajectory?

Jančovič¹,

Szabó²

2022

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“…Stabilność państw takich jak: Ukraina, Białoruś czy Mołdawia jest kluczowa z perspektywy bezpieczeństwa Polski. Stąd też -w tym ujęciu -pomoc rozwojowa traktowana jest również jako instrument polityki zagranicznej (Opršal, Harmáček, Vítová, Syrovátka, Jarecka-Stępień, 2020;Petrova, 2014).…”

Section: Pomoc Rozwojowa Donatorów Międzynarodowych Dla Mołdawiiunclassified

Polska pomoc rozwojowa w Republice Mołdawii jako przykład inwestycyjnych działań uzupełniających w państwie niestabilnym

Sikora-Gaca

2022

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Polską pomoc rozwojową dla Republiki Mołdawii można określić mianem inwestycyjnych działań uzupełniających. Celem artykułu jest oszacowanie jej wielkości i scharakteryzowanie poszczególnych projektów. Poruszana problematyka dotyczy również sposobu wdrażania środków pomocowych, w tym charakterystyki modeli funkcjonowania projektodawców i systemowego podejścia do poszczególnych grantów. Zakres pola badawczego obejmuje lata 2008–2018, a więc cezurę czasową, dla której zebrano materiał źródłowy. W artykule wykorzystano dwie metody badawcze: analizy statystycznej i analizy formalno-prawnej. Postawiono następujące pytania badawcze: jaki jest szczegółowy zakres wdrażania polskiej pomocy rozwojowej w Mołdawii? Jakie modele funkcjonowania projektodawców w zakresie ODA wykształtowały się w Republice? Jakie typy projektów finansowano w ramach ODA w Mołdawii po 2004 r.? Republika Mołdawii pod względem inwestycyjnym jest terenem specyficznym. Realizowane tu projekty odbiegają od wyobrażenia europejskiego, skoncentrowanego wokół przemysłu 4.0 zmierzającego do wdrażania w gospodarce procesów automatyzacji, robotyzacji i zaawansowanych technologii. Większość grantów wdrażanych na trenie Republiki dotyczy tymczasem podstawowych potrzeb o charakterze politycznym, społecznym i gospodarczym. Ich realizacja jest źródłem postępu we wskazanych trzech obszarach, bowiem w wielu przypadkach skoncentrowana jest na zapewnianiu podstawowych potrzeb życiowych. Jeśli nawet kwoty udzielanej przez Polskę pomocy nie są wysokie, to za decydujący należy uznać sam fakt zrealizowania określonej inwestycji.

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“…Opršal, Harmáček, Vítová et al found that Poland and the Czech Republic provide investments to protect their geopolitical interests. Th ese states prefer post-Soviet countries in the distribution of aid (Opršal, Harmáček & Vítová et al, 2020). It is revealed that the effi ciency of anti-corruption rules depends on the composition of donors (organizations that are part of development institutions): associations in which the majority of states are characterized by a high level of corruption are more likely to provide funds to similar states, and vice versa (Ferry, Hafner-Burton & Schneider, 2020).…”

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Effective Development Institutions

Victoria¹

2021

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Development institutions are the most important tool for stimulating innovation processes and infrastructure development. These organizations finance long-term investment projects that contribute to the socio-economic development of the industry, region or country. Such specificity of activity leads to significant difficulties in the assessment of their efficiency. At the same time, the development of a system for assessment of the development institutions’ efficiency, improving the efficiency of their work and ensuring positive economic growth rates in regions and states, are impossible without studying the approaches to the assessment of their efficiency. A growing interest in the activities of multilateral development institutions is taking place in today’s literature on public administration. However, there are currently no review articles that would consider the scope of work devoted to the assessment of the development institutions’ efficiency. The review examines modern research publications that assess the results of individual development institutions and their contribution to socio-economic development and some issues of economic efficiency. The article analyzes various approaches and methods for assessment of the development institutions’ efficiency. The study will allow us to assess the potential for use of modern approaches and identify areas for further application of the used methods. The materials of the review can be used as a general theoretical part for teaching the disciplines of "public administration" related to the assessment of the public administration efficiency.

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Polish and Czech foreign aid: a ‘mélange’ of geopolitical and developmental objectives

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Principal determinants of territorial allocation of the Slovak Republic’s bilateral development aid: Path-dependent trajectory?

Principal determinants of territorial allocation of the Slovak Republic’s bilateral development aid: Path-dependent trajectory?

Polska pomoc rozwojowa w Republice Mołdawii jako przykład inwestycyjnych działań uzupełniających w państwie niestabilnym

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