countries. The illusion of sustained African apparel exports is created by late-bloomers in East Africa offsetting boom … whether preferential access boosts exports of eligible products in general and apparel specifically. The end of the Multi … data at the country-product-year level (1992-2017). The analysis finds that AGOA boosted African apparel exports and the …

countries. The illusion of sustained African apparel exports is created by late-bloomers in East Africa offsetting boom … whether preferential access boosts exports of eligible products in general and apparel specifically. The end of the Multi … data at the country-product-year level (1992-2017). The analysis finds that AGOA boosted African apparel exports and the …

The diversion of development aid to the recipient's military may be one explanation why aid is often found to be … ineffective in promoting economic growth and development. Previous studies have not derived the causal effects of development aid … on military expenditure. Using a new instrumental variable strategy, we examine whether bilateral development aid …

Using data from 1988 to 2007, we examine to what extent bilateral aid flows of an individual donor to a country depend … on aid flows from all other bilateral and multilateral donors to that country. We thereby want to assess to what extent … donor coordination, free-riding, selectivity, specialization, and common donor motivations drive bilateral aid allocation as …

organizations. We test this theory empirically by examining how the United States uses bilateral aid and IMF loans to buy other … 1960-2015 period, our results show that states allied with the US receive more bilateral aid when voting in line with the …

domestic firms in a low-income host country. The US-Vietnam Bilateral Trade Agreement reduced US import tariffs on exports from …

domestic firms in a low-income host country. The US-Vietnam Bilateral Trade Agreement reduced US import tariffs on exports from …

This article investigates whether China’s foreign aid is particularly prone to political capture by political leaders … of aid-receiving countries. Specifically, we examine whether more Chinese aid is allocated to the political leaders … development finance projects across 3,097 physical locations committed to Africa over the 2000-2012 period. Our econometric …