In this study, two types of aid transfers - boats and houses are examined- that were made to rehabilitate tsunami …

This paper summarises research on aid allocation and effectiveness, highlighting the current findings of recent … research on aid allocation to fragile states. Fragile states are defined by the donor community as those with either critically … of research and analysis on how aid should and is being allocated across all developing countries. Various aid allocation …

It is clear from the implications of growth theory that the impact of aid depends on how it affects savings, investment … and government behaviour. In respect of low-income countries, which are the principal aid recipients and the economies for … which the issue of the impact of aid on growth is most important, it is government that is most important. This paper …

between aid inflows and the public sector borrowing requirement net of aid loans. After examining the public sector budget … constraint and various conditions under which aid might lead to an increase in this borrowing, the paper surveys the empirical … results of literature on aid and public sector fiscal behaviour. It finds that the results of a number of studies are …

This paper investigates the role of aid in mitigating the adverse effects of commodity export price shocks on growth in …

more conflict is chosen. Sanctions, aid and direct intervention, if effective, could eliminate conflict, as well as help in …

Foreign aid often works, but it is often criticized for being ineffective or even for undermining progress in … developing countries. This brief describes a new approach, Cash on Delivery Aid, which gives recipients full responsibility and …

Review of 'United Nations Development Aid: A Study in History and Politics' by Digambar Bhouraskar, Academic Foundation …

The authors examine the effects of aid on the growth of manufacturing using a methodology that exploits the variation … within countries and across manufacturing sectors and that corrects for possible reverse causality. They find that aid … appreciation caused by aid inflows. This may explain, in part, why it is hard to find robust evidence that foreign aid helps …