1. Israeli Diplomatic Relations and Foreign Aid Disbursements:
The Politics of Arab Foreign Aid
By: Geeva Gopalkrishnan and James Gadea

2. League of Arab States

3. Arab Fund for Social and Economic Development

4. Literature Review Eric Neumayer, The London School of Economics
No relationship with Israel, more Arab aid
Poorer Arab country, more Arab aid
Greater Arab population, more Arab aid

5. Literature Review
Arab countries give aid for economic development and political reasons.
Saudi Arabia gave aid during Cold War to counter socialist movements.
(Momani & Ennis)

6. Research Question
What role does Israeli diplomatic relations have on foreign aid disbursement by the Arab Fund to Arab League members?
Do certain countries in the Middle East punish other countries for having diplomatic relations with Israel by lowering their total foreign aid disbursements?

7. Hypothesis
The Arab Fund provides less aid to Arab League countries that have diplomatic relationships with Israel.

8. Essentially…
It’s politics, baby.

9. Methodology Aid Disbursements by Arab Fund
Diplomatic Relations with Israel
GDP
Population
African Country
War
Dependent Variable:
Independent Variable: (Dichotomous)
Control Variables:

10. Results Dependent Variable Independent Variable t-test / ANOVA
Chi Square
t-test / ANOVA
LDA / QDA
OLS Regression
Categorical
Continuous
Categorical
Independent Variable
Continuous

11. Results

12. Results

13. Results
Arab Fund Aid
(ln)

14. Explanatory Remarks
Economic
Engagement
Secret Promotion
of Security

15. Explanatory Remarks Arab Solidarity
Economic Engagement instead of punishing

16. Explanatory Remarks
Arab Fund favors members who have relations with Israel
Publicly denounce Israel
Promote security
Security benefits of encouraging diplomacy

17. Questions? wow such questionez very Vreeland much smart pleease, A
so intelligence
such regressiones