DISSERTATION GOVERNANCE AND FOREIGN AID ALLOCATION KAMILJON T. AKRAMOV, ‘This dissertation was prepared in July 2006 in partial fulfillment of che requirements of the doctoral degree in policy analysis at the Pardee RAND Graduate School of Policy Studies. The faculty committee that supervised and approved the dissertation consisted of Charles Wolf, Jr. (Chair), Robert Klisgaard, and Jacob Klerman. Yi Feng of Claremont Graduate University was the external reader for the dissertation. PARDEE RAND GRADUATE SCHOOLLUMI Number: 3223933, INFORMATION TO USERS ‘The quality of this reproduction is dependent upon the quality of the copy ‘submitted. Broken or indistinct print, colored or poor quality illustrations and photographs, print bleed-through, substandard margins, and improper alignment can adversely affect reproduction In the unlikely event that the author did not send @ complete manuscript and there are missing pages, these will be noted. Also, if unauthorized copyright material had to be removed, a note will indicate the deletion. UM UM! Microform 3223933 Copyright 2006 by ProQuest Information and Learning Company. All rights reserved, This microform edition is protected against unauthorized copying under Title 17, United States Code, ProQuest Information and Learning Company 300 North Zeb Road P.O. Box 1346 Ann Arbor, Ml 48108-1346PREFACE This seudy is submitted as a doctoral dissertation to the Pardee RAND Graduate School in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Policy Analysis. The Pardee RAND Graduate School provided funding for this research through the Palevsky Dissertation Award. ‘The study examines the relationship between governance, foreign aid allocation and effectiveness, In particular, the study explores how different categories of aid impact economic growth, whether che interaction of different levels of governance with different categories of aid is significant in promoting growth. The study also explores whether the quality of governance in recipient countries affects the donors’ aid allocation decisions. The findings of the study should be of interest to policy makers, policy analysts, scholars and officials of donor agencies and international financial institutions.