underdevelopment. Illicit economies frequently drive violence, corruption, exploitation and failures in governance, for example …This special issue of the Journal of Illicit Economies and Development builds on a growing, multifaceted research and … policy agenda that advances development perspectives of illicit economies in the Global South. Conventional policy discourses …

often portrayed in an overly simplified manner as the main factor hindering agricultural development, African countries are … of state centralisation for agricultural development, so that African partners can fully take advantage of the …

This policy chapter summarises an evolving debate on the effect of foreign aid on corruption and institutions. It … institutions. Moreover, another debate on the incidence of foreign aid distortions on corruption is also assessed in light of a … recently celebrated literature on development assistance. Overall, the findings show that the effects of foreign aid on …

FDI and various governance indicators (rule of law, control of corruption, regulatory quality, governance effectiveness … various governance dynamics on inclusive growth in SSA. We do this by testing two hypotheses first, whether unconditionally …, political stability, and voice and accountability) foster inclusive growth in SSA; and second, whether these governance dynamics …

One of the key economic development challenges facing Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is its low agricultural productivity … development, credit, institutional, and trade and price stabilization policies. We use the system two-step Generalized Method of … Moments to examine whether official development assistance (ODA) for agriculture and rural development is helping to boost …

A core result of the aid allocation literature is that the quality of governance in recipient countries does not affect … through different channels and considering different dimensions of governance, we provide evidence that bypassing governments …