As a donor, the Republic of Korea emphasizes five sectors as primary targets for official development assistance—education, health, governance, agriculture, and industry and energy—which contributed to its own rapid economic growth; that is, the country uses its own development experience as a development assistance model. This study examines the determinants of Korean ODA allocation for each of these sectors. We hypothesize that Korea is likely to allocate more targeted ODA to countries with less achievement in these sectors, and that this tendency is stronger for low-income countries. Using disaggregated Korean ODA allocation data for 2006 to 2015, we find that while the income of recipient countries generally has a significant effect on the allocation of ODA to each sector, the level of development of that particular sector does not appear to have systematic effects on allocations. This null finding may be due to the lack of coordination among the country’s many ODA institutions and the alignment of ODA with the demands and preferences of the recipient countries.

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双边官方发展援助中过去的经验教训和部门优先事项

作为捐助者，大韩民国强调五个部门作为官方发展援助的主要目标——教育、卫生、治理、农业、工业和能源——这有助于其自身的快速经济增长；也就是说，该国利用自己的发展经验作为发展援助模式。本研究考察了韩国 ODA 分配给这些部门的决定因素。我们假设韩国可能会将更有针对性的官方发展援助分配给在这些领域取得较少成就的国家，并且这种趋势在低收入国家中更为明显。使用 2006 年至 2015 年韩国 ODA 分配的分类数据，我们发现虽然受援国的收入通常对每个部门的 ODA 分配有显着影响，该特定部门的发展水平似乎对分配没有系统性影响。这一无效结果可能是由于该国众多官方发展援助机构之间缺乏协调，以及官方发展援助与受援国的需求和偏好保持一致。