procedures)and outcomes (financial aid awards) at Texas public institutions of higher education. This study explored (1) whether … there were definable patterns in financial aid outcomes for students at Texas public institutions; (2) whether these … relationships between the financial aid outcomes and the processes used by financial aid administrators at Texas public institutions …

The present paper is an essay about the future of aid, understood as a global, durable, social phenomenon. Special … attention is attached to the issue of governance, both the governance of aid itself, and institutional reforms in the recipient … countries. A short review of literature on the topic serves to support a general thesis that the stream of aid is a stream of …

countries, notably in Africa. Much of the controversy was concerned with the question whether the informal sector promotes … substitution of informal by formal African institutions and economies in the process of urbanization and globalization viable …

Recent theoretical literature suggests that aid, geography, and resource endowments affect diversification of exports … in Africa. This paper examines the validity of these popular views using a System-GMM methodology and panel data for … 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. …

. Both the portrayal of Guinea-Bissau as failed ‘narco state' as well as Western aid meant to stabilize this state are based … continued unchecked. However, the most pressing need is not state-building, facilitated by external aid, yet poorly rooted in … creation of viable state institutions. …

Africa and thus creating a win-win situation in a partnership on eye-level. However, many Africans suspect the EU of double … aid policy as well as different hidden interest of different EU directorates and member states. The growing preparedness … NGOs and civil society groups inside and outside Africa. …

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

the development and bargaining power of sub-Saharan Af-rica (SSA) in relation to the EU. However, Africa's least developed … global players for Africa's resources is resulting in windfall profits for Africa. The latter is leading to a revival of … Africa's power elite, but not necessarily for Africa's poor. …

This paper assesses improved maize adoption in Malawi and examines the link between adoption and household welfare …