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Can oil-led growth and structural change go hand in hand in Ghana? : a multi-sector intertemporal general equilibrium assessment
Breisinger, Clemens; Diao, Xinshen; Wiebelt, Manfred - 2012
the case of newly found oil in Ghana we develop a multi-sector intertemporal general equilibrium model with endogenous …-term structural effects can indeed impede Asian-style economic transformation in Ghana (and other resource rich countries). We also … change ; oil revenue ; Dutch disease ; Ghana ; intertemporal general equilibrium …
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The effect of foreign aid on migration : global micro evidence from world bank projects
Fuchs, Andreas; Gröger, André; Heidland, Tobias; … - 2023
In response to surging immigration pressure in Europe and the United States, Western policymakers advocate foreign aid as a means to fight the 'root causes' of irregular migration. This article provides the first global evidence of the effects of aid on migration preferences, migration flows,...
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The great equalizer : effects of Chinese official finance on economic complexity across recipient countries
Denninger, Jan; Kaplan, Lennart - 2025
This paper analyzes whether Chinese aid and other forms of official finance affect structural transformation in low- and-middle income countries. Specifically, we employ an instrumental variables (IV) approach to causally analyze the effect on the Economic Complexity Index of 98 recipient...
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Does conditionality work? : A test for an innovative US aid scheme
Öhler, Hannes; Nunnenkamp, Peter; Dreher, Axel - 2010
Performance-based aid has been proposed as an alternative to the failed traditional approach whereby donors make aid conditional on the reform promises of recipient countries. However, hardly any empirical evidence exists on whether ex post rewards are effective in inducing reforms. We attempt...
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Funding, competition and the efficiency of NGOs : an empirical analysis of non-charitable expenditure of US NGOs engaged in foreign aid
Nunnenkamp, Peter; Öhler, Hannes - 2010
We assess the determinants of the wide variation in the efficiency of foreign aid activities across US-based non-governmental organizations (NGOs). In particular, we analyze whether non-charitable expenditures – i.e., administration, management and fundraising – depend on the intensity of...
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Throwing foreign aid at HIV/AIDS in developing countries : missing the target?
Nunnenkamp, Peter; Öhler, Hannes - 2010
We assess empirically whether foreign official development assistance (ODA) has been effective in alleviating HIV/AIDS epidemics, which figures prominently among the Millennium Development Goals. We employ a difference-in-difference-in-differences approach to identify the treatment effect of ODA...
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The effect of foreign aid on income inequality : evidence from panel cointegration
Herzer, Dierk; Nunnenkamp, Peter - 2012
This paper examines the long-run effect of foreign aid on income inequality for 21 recipient countries using panel cointegration techniques to control for omitted variable and endogeneity bias. We find that aid exerts an inequality increasing effect on income distribution. -- Inequality ;...
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Who benefits from aid for trade? : comparing the effects on recipient versus donor exports
Hühne, Philipp; Meyer, Birgit; Nunnenkamp, Peter - 2013
Recent studies offer an ambiguous picture on the effectiveness of foreign aid in strengthening the export capacity of recipient countries. Moreover, the literature on aid for trade (AfT) has often neglected that exporters in the donor countries may be among the main beneficiaries. We hypothesize...
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Competition for export markets and the allocation of foreign aid : the role of spatial dependence among donor countries
Barthel, Fabian; Neumayer, Eric; Nunnenkamp, Peter; … - 2013
We account for the competition for export markets among the donor countries of foreign aid by analyzing spatial dependence in aid allocation. We employ sector-specific aid data, distinguishing between first and second stage decisions on the selection of recipient countries and the amount of aid...
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Does it pay for US-based NGOs to go to war? : empirical evidence for Afghanistan and Iraq
Kim, Youngwan; Nunnenkamp, Peter - 2013
Apart from altruistic reasons, NGOs may engage in developing countries under conditions of conflict and war in order to secure funding and survive in the ‘market’ of humanitarian relief and development assistance. Applying a difference-in-difference-in-differences approach, we analyze...
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