This project aims to explore Qatari foreign aid discourse and practices to understand its motivations. The findings provide a more reliable standard to measure the effectiveness of Qatari foreign aid from Qatar’s point of view, as well as enhance understanding about foreign aid from non-traditional donor countries, especially in the Arab Gulf region.
To achieve the goal of understanding Qatari foreign aid, this project aims at the following objectives: to understand the government policies regarding Qatari foreign aid; to recognize the motivations determining Qatari foreign aid; to identify various kinds of projects to construct a classification of Qatari foreign aid with special emphasis on the determinants and targeted goals; and to outline an evaluation schema to measure the effectiveness of Qatari foreign aid. This study adopts a mixed-method approach, involving archival research, content analysis, interviewing key actors, and public opinion survey.
Qatar National Research Fund - Undergraduate Research Experience Program (UREP 19-229-5-050)
