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The influence of COVID-19 on remittances : potential development outcomes
Van den bosch, Catherine; Mavrotas, George - 2022
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014226852
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On the empirical relevance of the exchange rate as a shock absorber at the zero lower bound
Finck, David; Hoffmann, Mathias; Hürtgen, Patrick - 2023 - February 3, 2023
We estimate the effects of a negative asymmetric demand shock on the real exchange rate for the euro area vis-à-vis the United States, Canada, and Japan by state-dependent sign-restricted local projection methods. We find a real depreciation when interest rates are not at the ZLB, but also when...
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The differential effects of foreign aid to sub-Saharan Africa
Akame, Afuge; Mavrotas, George - 2024
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014531086
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Are remittances a "catalyst" for financial access? : evidence from Mexican household data
Ambrosius, Christian - 2012
for urban households and are more important for microfinance institutions, than for traditional banks. -- Remittances …In policy discussions, it has frequently been claimed that migrants' remittances could function as a "catalyst" for … receiver of remittances worldwide. Using the Mexican Family Life Survey panel (MxFLS) for 2002 and 2005, the results from the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009526024
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Foreign aid and revenue response : an examination of joint General Budget Support
Knoll, Martin - 2011
The present paper explores the extent to which new joint General Budget Support (GBS) systems have been able to overcome the problems of aid dependency and negative fiscal incentives that can potentially result from high levels of on-budget aid. As approximately 90 percent of new joint GBS goes...
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Another look at the evidence on foreign aid led economic growth
Giles, Judith A. - 1994
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NGOs : an alternative development strategy?
Alam, Barkat - 1996
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000608124
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The political economy of multilateral aid funds
Simon, Jenny; Valasek, Justin - 2016
In 2014 over $60 billion was mobilized to help developing nations mitigate climate change, an amount equivalent to the GDP of Kenya. Interestingly, breaking from the traditional model of bilateral aid, donor countries distributed nearly fifty percent of their aid through multilateral aid funds...
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The political economy of foreign aid: an alternative viewpoint
Marsden, Keith; Roe, Alan - 1982
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Development cooperation: reality and potential
Thorbecke, Erik - 1981
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