1. AUSTRALIAN FOREIGN AID TRELLACE LAWRIMORE

2. WHAT MOTIVATES AUSTRALIAN FOREIGN AID? Humanitarianism Political Interests IMF voting power https://www.civcap.info/?id=84

3. RECIPIENT NEED AND DONOR INTEREST MODELS McKinlay and Little RN DI

4. THE CASE FOR RN AusAID Poverty in Oceania Findings for RN McCawley Gounder Center for International Earth Science Information Network. Child Malnutrition [map]. Scale not given. “Global Subnational Prevalence of Child Malnutrition, v1.” NASA Earth Data. (6 October 2012).

5. Is Australia helping “those who need it most”? GDP GDP per capita Poverty headcount at $1.25 a day (PPP) Social indicators Center for International Earth Science Information Network. Child Malnutrition [map]. Scale not given. “Global Subnational Prevalence of Child Malnutrition, v1.” NASA Earth Data. (6 October 2012).

6. RESEARCH SUPPORTING DI “Among the most egoistic” (Berthelemy 2006). Regional bias Economic interests Politics

7. INEFFECTIVE AID Tied aid (Easterly and Williamson) Food aid and technological assistance AusAID rhetoric Pictures from Clip Art

8. INITIAL HYPOTHESIS AND TESTING FOR RN If the mean GDPpc in Oceania is not lower than that of all of the other regions in the world, RN is not the only motivating factor in Australia’s aid. GDP per capita in constant 2000 US $ Region*ObservationsMean Oceania336 1637.94 Africa1895 859.33 World5768 2849.11 SOURCE: WDI 2012 *Countries included are only those which receive aid.

9. A BACKGROUND OF IMF VOTING BLOCS Quotas Electing executive board members

10. SOURCE: IMF Annual Report, various years

11. PRIMARY HYPOTHESIS Australia channels its aid budget to the countries in its voting block to enlarge their quotas, and thereby its own power in the IMF.

12. DI VARIABLES IV: Australian Foreign Aid Main DV: Membership in Australia’s IMF Bloc Control Variables: o Population o GDPpc o Trade

13. REGRESSION RESULTS CONFIRM HYPOTHESIS VariableCoef.tP>ltl aussieIMF101.4623.350 population3.97E-086.120 gdppercapita-0.00116.120 trade_k8.39E-111.440.149 cons9.3228.590 SOURCE: OECD 2012, WDI 2012

14. FURTHER RESEARCH Additional control variables Adverse humanitarian effects Australia’s interest in the IMF

15. Australia’s foreign aid motivations are… Not Recipient Need Donor Interest Tied to IMF voting power Indicative of Australia’s international political strategy