An important feature of aid to developing countries is that it is given to the government. As a result aid has the … potential to affect budgetary behaviour. Although the (albeit limited) aid-growth literature has addressed the effect of aid on … policy, it has tended to neglect the effect of aid on the fiscal behaviour of governments. While fiscal response models have …

Does official aid pave the road for private foreign investment or does it suffocate private initiative by diverting … marginal effect of aid on private foreign investment is close to zero. Surprisingly, however, the effect is strictly positive …

out that process conditionality is a very useful tool to raise the welfare of the poor as long as the international aid …

highlights two central problems: (i) the aid agencies? conflicting objectives of transparency and self-legitimization, and (ii …

The paper compares different aid policy instruments and their effect on the target group. Starting from a situation …

Variations of bilateral aid flows are difficult to explain on the basis of official development objectives or recipient … need. At the example of US aid to Pakistan, this paper suggests alternative political economic explanations, notably the … interests based on FDI and exports, but these effects appear to be comparatively small. …

Applying the general question of aid effectiveness to the sector of education, this paper reveals an overall positive … realistic rate of growth, aid will never be able to move the world markedly closer towards the internationally agreed objective … conditions of bad governance, the impact of aid on enrolment can actually turn negative. …

programmes in LDC such as Community Development Climate Fund (CDCF), Bio Carbon Fund (BioCF) and Africa Assist may provide a …

Does official aid pave the road for private foreign investment or does it suffocate private initiative by diverting … marginal effect of aid on private foreign investment is close to zero. Surprisingly, however, the effect is strictly positive …