1. Australian foreign aid
The Crocodile Hunters
Trellace Lawrimore
Reno Varghese
TRELLACE

2. Bretton Woods Conference
History
Bretton Woods Conference
Australia’s Bloc
Emerging power
UNSC ( )
Foreign Policy
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
AusAID
RENO

3. The Debate RN and DI models No Consistent Trends Trade Peter Carroll
Bermeo 2012
Berthelemy and Tichit 2004
Berthelemy 2006
Peter Carroll
TRELLACE
RN&DI (Professor Gounder)
Scholarly research, focus on trade
We consider two models…RN and DI

4. Recipient Need Model
TENO
Vreeland, historical scholar

5. Donor Interest Variables
Trade
Geography
DFAT
Trans-Pacific Partnership
Regional Indicator
TRELLACE (trade) RENO (regional indicator)
Regional and trade indicator, why we think trade is particularly important

6. Regression Results VARIABLE COEFFICIENT T-VALUE P>ltl aussieIMF
14.05
**2.48
0.013
regionalaussie
93.909
***26.13
totalflow
.00917
***5.37
aussieWBG
2.949
.48
.631
population
1.5E-08
***3.52
gdppercapita
5.37
cons
3.904
5.07
TRELLACE
Be explicit:
The IMF variable’s continued significance, chart(s)
**Statistically significant at the 5% level
***Statistically significant at the 1% level

7. Why is the IMF variable statistically significant?
If the IMF variable was insignificant, we would have expected it to disappear completely after we introduced the trade and regional controls.

8. Average Aid Received within Australia’s Region
RENO
Chart WITHIN THE REGION, ausaid’s propaganda

9. Conclusion
Donor Interest
Trade
IMF Bloc
RENO