This survey essay reviews over 200 papers in arguing that in order to achieve sustainable and inclusive development … on inequality in foreign aid policy will lead to more sustainable development outcomes. Inter alia: mitigate short …-term poverty; address concerns of burgeoning population growth; train recipient governments on inclusive development; fight …

problem is at the heart of rational asymmetric development between rich and poor countries. Piketty has shown that inequality … that, when the return of political economy (or capitalism-fuelled illicit capital flight) is higher than the growth rate in … African countries, inequality in development increases and African may not catch-up with the developed world. As an ideal …

, regulation quality, government effectiveness, democracy, corruption, voice & accountability, control of corruption and political … institutional quality such that, the institutional downside of development assistance maybe questionable when greater domestic … institutional development has taken place. Based on the hypothesis of institutional thresholds for foreign aid effectiveness, the …

’ in its current state has the shortcoming of modeling corruption as a direct effect of development assistance. This note …’s consumption expenditure increases corruption. (2) Development assistance channeled via private investment and tax effort decreases …

components in the development of the continent: law, democracy and quality of government. Political regimes of democracy, polity … account for government quality dynamics of corruption-control, government-effectiveness, voice and accountability, political …

This paper focuses on how political regimes affect financial development in Africa, contingent on religious … propensity to effect policies that favour the development of financial intermediary depth, activity and size. Democracy has … policies towards financial development. As a policy implication, once democracy is initiated, it should be accelerated (to edge …

This paper assesses the aid-development nexus in 52 African countries using updated data (1996-2010) and a new … indicator of human development (adjusted for inequality). The effects of Total Net Official Development Assistance (NODA), NODA … from the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) and NODA from Multilateral donors on economic prosperity (at national and …

Financial development indicators are often applied to countries/regions without taking into account specific financial … development realities. Financial depth in the perspective of monetary base is not equal to liquid liabilities in every development … context. This paper introduces complementary indicators to the existing Financial Development and Structure Database (FDSD …

Purpose – This paper assesses the incidence of political institutions on stock market performance dynamics in Africa … policy recommendation, the role of sound political institutions is crucial for financial development in Africa. Democracies … political institutions; (2) employment of two distinct interchangeable sets of moment conditions that engender every category of …

, regulation quality, government effectiveness, democracy, corruption, voice & accountability, control of corruption and political … institutional quality such that, the institutional downside of development assistance maybe questionable when greater domestic … institutional development has taken place. Based on the hypothesis of institutional thresholds for foreign aid effectiveness, the …