As is now well documented, aid is given for both political as well as economic reasons. The conventional wisdom is that … politically-motivated aid is less effective in promoting developmental objectives. We examine the ex-post performance ratings of … – are no more likely, on average, to get a negative quality rating than other projects. When aid is given to Security …

Donor aid organizations (DAOs) are multi-layered and multi-dimensional bureaucracies with many departments trying to …

This paper examines fungibility as a possible explanation for the missing link between foreign aid and economic growth …. The composition of aid plays a crucial role in determining the composition of government spending and, consequently, the …. This leads to a reduction in domestic productive public spending and completely offsets any positive impact that aid might …

We model the aid allocation decision where the donor government has announced that good governance is the criterion for … receiving aid. Potential recipients must compete for the aid funds. The structure of the competition is important to the donor … recipient countries look at aid availability through this contest as part of the competing objectives they face - some good …

, Chinese ODA projects increase, on average, firm sales and, compared to sector-specific, Chinese region-specific aid positively …This paper evaluates the effect of development project aid from the World Bank and China on firms' sales growth, using … affect firm performance. Finally, we show that the positive effect of Chinese aid is stronger for firms lacking transport …