List of FiguresList of TablesChapter 1. Introduction1.1. Introduction1.2. Why Study the Motivations of Non-democratic and Illiberal Donors?Chapter 2. Literature Review2.1. Introduction2.2. Foreign Aid as an Instrument of Foreign Policy2.3. Shifting Focus to the Domestic Motivations of Donors2.3.1. Institutional Explanations: Democracies vs. Non-Democracies2.3.2. Ideological Explanations2.3.3. Interests-based Explanations: Accounting the Business inChapter 3. Domestic Motivations and Preferences of Foreign Aid in Autocratic and Illiberal Donors3.1. Introduction3.2. Theory3.3. Defining Business Elites and Configurations of Business Elites3.3.1. Business Elites3.3.2. Business-Elite Configuration3.4. General Assumptions3.4.1. Foreign Policy and Domestic Politics3.4.2. Regime Type and Leader’s Survival3.4.3. Foreign Aid as a Multi-Purposed Economic Tool3.5. Political Influence of Business Elites on Foreign Aid3.5.1. The Influence of Business Elites on Donorship3.5.2. Configuration of Business Elites on Foreign Aid PreferencesChapter 4. Donor Motivations in Illiberal and Autocratic Regimes4.1. Introduction4.2. Data4.2.1. Dependent Variables4.2.2. Independent VariablesMeasurement of Political Influence of Business Elites and Enterprise Survey4.2.3. Control Variables4.3. Estimation Strategy and Tests4.4. Results4.4.1. Robustness ChecksChapter 5. Donor Preferences in Illiberal and Autocratic Regimes5.1. Introduction5.2. Data5.2.1. Dependent VariablesAid Preferences: Value of the Foreign AidAid Preferences: Aid SectorAid Preferences: Type of Recipient5.2.2. Independent VariablesMeasuring Configuration of Business Elites and the Herfindahl Hirschman Index5.2.3. Control Variables5.3. Estimation Strategy and Tests5.4. ResultsChapter 6. Conclusion6.1. Introduction6.2. Summary of the Findings6.3. Significance of the Study6.4. Limitations6.5. Implications6.5.1. Theoretical Implications6.5.2. Policy Implications6.6. Conclusion and Future ResearchAppendix AA.1. Chinese Foreign AssistanceA.2. Country-Years Included in Analyses of Chapter 4A.3. Country-Years Included in Analyses of Chapter 5Bibliography