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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009570498
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Aid and sectoral labour productivity
Selaya, Pablo (contributor); Thiele, Rainer (contributor) - 2008
The paper examines empirically the proposition that aid to poor countries is detrimental for external competitiveness, giving rise to Dutch disease type effects. At the aggregate level, aid is found to have a positive effect on growth of labour productivity. A sectoral decomposition shows that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003778350
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Acting autonomously or mimicking the state and peers? : A panel Tobit analysis of financial dependence and aid allocation by Swiss NGOs
Dreher, Axel; Nunnenkamp, Peter; Öhler, Hannes; … - 2009
NGO aid is still widely believed to be superior to official aid (ODA). However, the incentives of NGOs to excel and target aid to the poor and deserving are increasingly disputed. We contribute to the emerging literature on the allocation of NGO aid by performing panel Tobit estimations for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003811851
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Aid allocation through various official and private channels : need, merit and self-interest as motives of German donors
Nunnenkamp, Peter; Öhler, Hannes - 2009
Previous literature largely ignores the heterogeneity of aid channels used by each single donor country. We estimate Tobit models to assess the relative importance of recipient need, recipient merit and self-interest of donors for various channels of official and private German aid across a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003864489
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Aid allocation by German NGOs : does the degree of public refinancing matter?
Dreher, Axel; Nunnenkamp, Peter; Thiel, Susann; Thiele, … - 2010
Using a new dataset for 41 German non-governmental organizations (NGOs), we analyze the allocation of NGO aid across recipient countries in a Tobit regression framework. By identifying for each NGO the degree of public refinancing, we address the largely unresolved issue of whether financial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003932340
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Does foreign aid reduce energy and carbon intensities in developing countries?
Kretschmer, Bettina; Hübler, Michael; Nunnenkamp, Peter - 2010
Advanced OECD countries are widely held responsible to contain global carbon emissions by providing financial and technical support to developing economies, where emissions are increasing most rapidly. It is open to question, however, whether more generous official development assistance would...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003938720
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Are "new" donors different? : comparing the allocation of bilateral aid between non-DAC and DAC donor countries
Dreher, Axel; Nunnenkamp, Peter; Thiele, Rainer - 2010
Major DAC donors are widely criticized for weak targeting of aid, selfish aid motives and insufficient coordination. The emergence of an increasing number of new donors may further complicate the coordination of international aid efforts. On the other hand, new donors (many of which were aid...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003940149
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003973476
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Financing for development : the gap between words and deeds since Monterrey
Nunnenkamp, Peter; Thiele, Rainer - 2011
The Monterrey Consensus agreed at the UN summit on Financing for Development in 2002 promised a breakthrough in terms of donor generosity, aid effectiveness and new means of financing. However, the development orientation of world leaders proved to be short-lived. This is even though our...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008908314
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Why it pays for aid recipients to take note of the Millennium Challenge Corporation : other donors do!
Dreher, Axel; Nunnenkamp, Peter; Öhler, Hannes - 2010
It is widely believed that the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) has grossly fallen short of high expectations raised by the Bush administration in 2002. From the perspective of potential recipient countries, the crucial issue is whether the MCC increased the overall pool of aid resources...
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