s Informal groupings like the G7 aim to address global development challenges but lack the administrative and budgetary capacity to drive change directly. Instead, the G7 seeks to catalyze international action that reflects its priorities. For example, the G7 attempts to set the international development agenda by publishing annual communiqués with actionable commitments designed to influence the behavior of G7 donor countries, non-G7 donor countries, and international organizations. But questions about the G7’s ultimate impact persist, as critics contend the informal G7 can do little more than pay lip service to development challenges. We provide empirical evidence that the G7 shapes international development in two ways. First, when the G7 emphasizes a policy area in its annual communiqués, donors allocate more aid to that policy area. Second, when the G7 highlights a policy area in its annual communiqués, donors establish more trust funds in that policy area. This suggests the G7 serves simultaneous coordination and orchestration roles in international development: it coordinates its member states’ aid and orchestrates non-G7 bilateral and multilateral aid. The study’s theory, approach, and findings can inform further research on whether and how informal organizations ultimately affect states, formal international organizations, international cooperation, and global governance.

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非正式地治理国际发展：七国集团援助的协调和编排

像七国集团这样的非正式集团旨在应对全球发展挑战，但缺乏直接推动变革的行政和预算能力。相反，七国集团寻求推动反映其优先事项的国际行动。例如，七国集团试图通过发布年度公报来制定国际发展议程，其中包含旨在影响七国集团捐助国、非七国集团捐助国和国际组织行为的可行承诺。但关于七国集团最终影响的问题仍然存在，因为批评者认为非正式的七国集团除了口头上应对发展挑战外无能为力。我们提供的经验证据表明，七国集团以两种方式塑造国际发展。首先，当七国集团在其年度公报中强调某个政策领域时，捐助者就会向该政策领域分配更多援助。其次，当七国集团在其年度公报中强调某个政策领域时，捐助者会在该政策领域设立更多信托基金。这表明七国集团在国际发展中同时发挥着协调和编排的作用：协调成员国的援助并协调非七国集团的双边和多边援助。该研究的理论、方法和结果可以为进一步研究非正式组织是否以及如何最终影响国家、正式国际组织、国际合作和全球治理提供信息。