This article analyzes the relationship between growth and income distribution in developing countries. Three important … hypotheses are scrutinized: The U-hypothesis, the absolute income hypothesis and the hypothesis of conflict between growth and a …

in furthering economic growth and development. The implications for the donor community of the decreasing relative …

for foreign aid. Using an endogenous growth version of the standard overlapping generations model, we show that aid can be … an effective policy tool in spurring growth in poor countries. This model also furnishes a theoretical foundation for the …-section based conclusions about the aid-growth link, are fully consistent with the positive evidence on aid effectiveness that …

This paper first assesses the aid-growth literature with a focus on recent contributions. The aid-growth literature is … that aid has a positive and statistically significant causal effect on growth over the long run with point estimates at … levels suggested by growth theory. It has been concluded that aid remains an important tool for enhancing the development …

increases, trade growth and shifting trade patterns will have pervasive effects on income distribution in Vietnam. In this paper …, we use a newly estimated Vietnam social accounting matrix to elucidate the links between trade and income in the country …

-country analysis fails to find any significant link between aid flows and growth, and that aid is successful only when associated with … paper, we offer a re-examination of the literature on the aid-savings, aid-investment, and aid growth relationships, and a … coherent and positive picture of the aid-growth link emerges. Aid works, even in countries hampered by an unfavorable policy …