Institutional mismatch and Chinese aid in the Philippines: Challenges and implications

• Main Author: Trinidad, Dennis D.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2016
• Subjects: Economic assistance, Chinese > Philippines; Asian Studies
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/1527; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/faculty_research/article/2526/type/native/viewcontent
• Institution: De La Salle University

Why is Chinese aid attractive to some recipient countries and controversial in others? This study advances the idea that Chinese aid is more attractive in countries that lack or have weak Development Assistance Committee-based aid institutions. When there is a mismatch between a non-DAC donor and a...