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Double Dutch: The Two Faces of Dutch Foreign Aid

Double Dutch: The Two Faces of Dutch Foreign Aid. Erin Sielaff and Kristen Skillman INAF 339. Research Question. Does the Netherlands distribute more foreign aid to countries with better human rights records? Yes… …but only for some kinds of human rights.

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Double Dutch: The Two Faces of Dutch Foreign Aid

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  1. Double Dutch:The Two Faces of Dutch Foreign Aid Erin Sielaff and Kristen Skillman INAF 339

  2. Research Question • Does the Netherlands distribute more foreign aid to countries with better human rights records? Yes… …but only for some kinds of human rights

  3. Human Rights, Foreign Aid, and the Netherlands • Case Study: Indonesia, early 1990s • The Netherlands’ stated top human rights priorities: • Protection of human rights defenders • Women’s rights • LGTB rights

  4. The Debate • Some scholars find a positive correlation between empowerment rights and Dutch Aid: • Neumayer (2003), Alesina and Dollar (2000), Stokke (2006), Baer (2010) • Others find a negative correlation between integrity rights and Dutch Aid: • Neumayer (2003), Baer (2002), Hoebink (1999) • No existing quantitative study exclusively examining the Netherlands

  5. Hypotheses • H1: The Netherlands gives more foreign aid to countries with better human rights records. • H2: The Netherlands gives more foreign aid to countries with better empowerment rights records.

  6. Methodology Data • CIRI Human Rights Dataset • Dutch ODA Data Robustness Checks • Country Fixed-Effects • Year Fixed-Effects Controls • Democracy • GDP per capita • Population • Oil • Communism • Trade • Former Colony • Ethnic Fractionalization • Religious Fractionalization

  7. The Effect of Empowerment Rights on Log of Dutch Aid

  8. The Effect of Integrity Rights on Log of Dutch Aid

  9. Conclusion • Physical Integrity Rights vs. Empowerment Rights: Dutch use limited aid-euros to support rights that get less attention on the international stage • Small Donors can be strategic actors

  10. CIRI Component Variables Significant • Extrajudicial Killings • Torture • Freedom of Speech • Freedom of Religion • Freedom of Domestic Movement • Freedom of Foreign Movement • Freedom of Association • Electoral Self Determination • Worker’s Rights Insignificant • Disappearances • Political Prisoners • Women’s Economic Freedoms • Women’s Political Freedoms • Independent Judiciary

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