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The Doha development agenda : what's on the table?

Martin, Will - 2008

"The outlines of a potential agreement, emerging after seven years of negotiations, imply that Doha offers three key benefits: reduced uncertainty of market access in goods and services; improved market access in agriculture and manufacturing; and the mobilization of resources to deal with the...

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Export surges : the power of a competitive currency

Freund, Caroline L. - 2008

"How can countries stimulate and sustain strong export growth? To answer this question, the authors examine 92 episodes … of export surges, defined as significant increases in manufacturing export growth that are sustained for at least seven … years. They find that export surges in developing countries tend to be preceded by a large real depreciation-which leaves …

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Determinants of international emergency aid : humanitarian need only?

Fink, Guenther - 2009

"The authors use an original data set covering more than 400 recent natural disasters to analyze the determinants of international emergency aid. Although humanitarian need is a major determinant of emergency relief payments, the results imply that political and strategic factors play a crucial...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394133

How can donors help build global public goods in health ?

Das Gupta, Monica - 2009

"Aid to developing countries has largely neglected the population-wide health services that are core to communicable disease control in the developed world. These mostly non-clinical services generate "pure public goods" by reducing everyone's exposure to disease through measures such as...

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Aid, service delivery, and the Millennium Development Goals in an economy-wide framework

Bourguignon, François - 2008

"In many developing countries, achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015 will require significant increases in expenditures on social services and in foreign assistance. It will also require careful planning of the sector allocation and sequencing of public spending. Especially...

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Does aid help improve economic institutions ?

Coviello, Decio - 2006

"Aid is expected to promote better living standards by raising investment and growth. But aid may also affect institutions directly. In theory, these effects may or may not work in the same direction as those on investment. The authors examine the effect of aid on economic institutions and find...

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Improving the dynamics of aid : towards more predictable budget support

Eifert, Benn - 2005

"This paper considers approaches towards improving the predictability of aid to low income countries, with a special focus on budget support. In order to accelerate progress towards the Millennium Development Goals, the donor community is increasing aid flows while pushing for more coordination...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522468

Poverty traps, aid, and growth

Kraay, Aart - 2005

"The authors examine the empirical evidence in support of the poverty trap view of underdevelopment. They calibrate simple aggregate growth models in which poverty traps can arise due to either low saving or low technology at low levels of development. They then use these models to assess the...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522569

Sowing and reaping : institutional quality and project outcomes in developing countries

Dollar, David - 2005

"Much of the academic debate on the effectiveness of foreign aid is centered on the relationship between aid and growth. Different aid-growth studies find conflicting results: aid promotes growth everywhere; aid has a zero or negative impact on growth everywhere; or the effect of aid on growth...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522675

Aid, policies, and growth : / revisiting the evidence

Burnside, Craig - 2004

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