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Which aid targets the poor at the sub-national level?
This study investigates sub-national targeting of foreign aid in Nepal, highlighting differences in allocation among bilateral, multilateral, INGO, and NGO aid. Using Geographically Weighted Regression models, it concludes that bilateral and multilateral aid more effectively reaches needy areas, with governance and institutional arrangements significantly influencing aid distribution.
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Nepal must not fall prey to donation scams
The catastrophic earthquake of 7.9 magnitude and the powerful aftershocks that hit Nepal last Saturday and Sunday took the lives of more than 6,000 people — and the death toll continues to rise. The devastation that affected a quarter of the Himalayan nation’s population has caused unprecedented loss of life, physical property and heritage sites.…
