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This article presents a model for budgetary allocation that was used by an international NGO for its aid program. The …
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negative virtually offsetting the positive effects of factor accumulation. Aid and remittances have negative effects and …
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on the growth effects of overseas development aid. This paper argues that the specifications used in these works are not … depends on time as well as the aid ratio. Our empirical results show that the effect of aid on the steady state growth rate is … insignificant in the selected Pacific Island countries. These countries are of interest because they receive the largest aid in per …
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Global modeling has evolved remarkably in the last two decades. Such evolution led it to perform today's role as an experimental laboratory for the social sciences, and particularly for applications to policy planning. Two of the most interesting applications to policy are to resource economics...
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The present transition in Guinea-Bissau is often described as an internal affair, triggered off by “bad government”, i. e. decades of corruption, violent repression of opposition, and other human rights violations, which led to increasing conflicts among the power elite of the deposed...
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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 …
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countries bargain over a trade agreement that specifies: (i) the size of the foreign aid that the richer country gives to the … poorer one; (ii) the terms of the international trade that takes place after the aid is given. The aid is given not because …. This world production surplus enables the rich country to raise its equilibrium consumption and welfare beyond their no-aid …
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There exists a longstanding discussion of the role of the informal economy in the development process of Third World countries, notably in Africa. Much of the controversy was concerned with the question whether the informal sector promotes development or should rather be considered as a barrier...
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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 …
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assistance by unconditioned budget aid would be counter-productive with respect to poverty-oriented development policies. …
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