ABSTRACT
This chapter presents the results of quantitative tests of the general approach and specific hypotheses laid out in the previous chapters, in the context of the donor members of one international organization – the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, or OECD. These analyses are designed to provide evidence on the following broad questions. First, in both the gatekeeping and allocation decisions, what is the relative weight accorded the human rights records, economic importance and strategic importance of the recipient states? Second, are these factors weighted in a way which is symmetrical? That is, do the same factors have the same relative weight in the decision to initiate or increase aid as they do in the decision to terminate or decrease it? Finally, are different factors weighted differently for different kinds of recipients – that is, are all recipients or potential recipients judged by consistent criteria and processes when aid decisions are being made?
