substitution of technical assistance by unconditioned budget aid would be counter-productive with respect to poverty …

Aid potentially can contribute to democratization in several ways: (1) through technical assistance focusing on … impact of aid on democratization in a large sample of recipient nations over the 1975-2000 period. Using two different … democracy indexes and two different measures of aid intensity, no evidence is found that aid promotes democracy. This result is …

in its poorest member countries. This paper studies the spending and absorption of aid in PRGF-supported programs …, verifies whether the use of aid is programmed to be smoothed over time, and analyzes how considerations about macroeconomic … stability influence the programmed use of aid. The paper shows that PRGF-supported programs permit countries to utilize all …

Recent theoretical literature suggests that aid, geography, and resource endowments affect diversification of exports … African countries. The evidence suggests that aid, the quality of infrastructure, and resource endowments are robust …

assistance by unconditioned budget aid would be counter-productive with respect to poverty-oriented development policies. …

Although the literature on aid effectiveness is vast, most of it is based on cross-country studies and does not address …

foreign aid. This paper analyses foreign assistance through four main facets namely: the link between aid, security and growth …, aid effectiveness in Pakistan, and priorities for aid policy reform in the country. The empirical literature on the impact … of aid on economic development in Pakistan is inconclusive due to aid being fragmented and volatile. The donors have …

In this paper, we explore the role of trade openness, overseas development aid (ODA), remittance inflows and financial … while remittances, trade openness and financial development have lagged negative effects. Therefore, understanding that aid … consistent flow of aid whilst effectively managing and deploying aid in productive infrastructure projects to generate employment …