Development Policy Review
May 2016 Volume 34, Issue 3 Pages 321–461
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/dpr.2016.34.issue-3/issuetoc

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Original Articles
Applied ethics and allocation of foreign aid: disparity in pretensions and practice (pages 345–363)
Jónína Einarsdóttir and Geir Gunnlaugsson
Article first published online: 5 APR 2016 | DOI: 10.1111/dpr.12156
Abstract
We explore the applied ethics of development aid and humanitarian assistance, and juxtapose these with claimed objectives and factors that influence the choice of recipients. Despite some diversity among donors, ethical considerations appear not to be a prominent factor for allocation of aid. Although recipients’ need is not entirely ignored, donors’ self-interest and herd behaviour, and recipients’ merits and voting in the United Nations, play crucial roles in allocation decisions. Likely to be shunned are complex emergencies and fragile states, the overlapping settings for action of development and humanitarian aid. Donors should take to heart and put into practice that allocation of aid is an ethical endeavour that should rest on proper needs assessment, established objectives and adopted agreements.

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Original Articles
‘Going Out’ or Staying In? The Expansion of Chinese NGOs in Africa (pages 423–439)
Jennifer Y.J. Hsu, Timothy Hildebrandt and Reza Hasmath
Article first published online: 5 APR 2016 | DOI: 10.1111/dpr.12157
Abstract
This article examines the overseas behaviour of Chinese non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in two African nations, Ethiopia and Malawi, with varying political regime types. Our findings suggest that, irrespective of regime type, Chinese NGOs have yet to make a substantial impact in either nation. We argue that, despite the strength of the Chinese state and high levels of international development assistance given, domestic politics and regulatory frameworks in host nations still matter a great deal. Our study suggests that the Chinese model of international development will continue to be one in which temporary one-off projects are favoured; and, insofar as social organisations will play a role, they will be in the domain of government-organised NGOs rather than grassroots NGOs.