PSY 145 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Psych
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Link with military spending: the distribution of bilateral oda during the cold war decades after world war ii was influenced by a number of strategic factors. The most important was to offer generous supplies of economic assistance to numerous defense alliances across the globe. During this time, the pattern of bilateral aid allocations is strongly reflective of a close relationship to the level of military expenditure in the recipient countries, particularly for us aid. Bilateral distribution of the oda also revealed the consequences of the cold war in 1990. On the basis of strategic geopolitical considerations, in 1989-90, the united. States devoted more than half of its bilateral economic assistance to only five countries: Israel, egypt, pakistan, the philippines and el salvador: the world bank"s lending pattern shows no preference for major military spenders. The per capita share is slightly higher for the largest military spenders than for moderate spenders but much lower for the small military spenders.
