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Aid to fragile states: Do donors help or hinder?

Browne, Stephen - 2007

justify aid to fragile states both through altruism and self-interest. But, with some exceptions, donors have appeared at the … both will and capacity. Failure demands constructive engagement by donors, in some cases to save people in weak states from …, but isolating the regime, as some donors have chosen to do, will only perpetuate the plight of the population. Rwanda …

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Aid effort and its determinants

Round, Jeffery I.; Odedokun, Matthew - 2003

the generosity ratio, or the share of GDP given as aid) of bilateral donors over the last three decades. Annual panel data … found to differ between the G7 and non-G7 donors. …

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Analysis of deviations and delays in aid disbursements

Odedokun, Matthew - 2003

The study seeks to identify donor-specific factors that cause donors to delay aid disbursement, and to apply a double …

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A holistic perception of foreign financing of developing countries' private sector: Analysis and descreption of structure and trends

Odedokun, Matthew - 2003

The paper presents a comprehensive survey of the ‘shopping list’ of sources of external finance that are directly channelled to the business sector of developing countries. Generally, our analytical survey covers the 1970-2000 period, and includes the distribution of foreign resources...

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Aid allocation and fragile states

McGillivray, Mark - 2006

This paper summarises research on aid allocation and effectiveness, highlighting the current findings of recent research on aid allocation to fragile states. Fragile states are defined by the donor community as those with either critically poor policies or poorly performing institutions, or...

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Loans or grants?

Cohen, Daniel; Jacquet, Pierre; Reisen, Helmut - 2007

In this paper we examine whether absorptive capacity can constitute sufficient justification for rejecting the proposal of a large aid increase to support the ‘big push’. We argue that the probability of a poverty trap exists for many countries, in particular the least developed countries...

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Aid and growth: Have we come full circle?

Arndt, Channing; Jones, Sam; Tarp, Finn - 2009

The micro-macro paradox has been revived. Despite broadly positive evaluations at the micro and meso-levels, recent literature has turned decidedly pessimistic with respect to the ability of foreign aid to foster economic growth. Policy implications, such as the complete cessation of aid to...

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Aid disaggregation, endogenous aid and the public sector in aid-recipient economies: Evidence from Côte d'Ivoire

Mavrotas, George; Ouattara, Banzoumana - 2003

The present paper examines the impact of different aid types, namely project aid, programme aid, technical assistance and food aid on the fiscal sector of the aid-recipient economy by using time-series data for Côte d’Ivoire over the period 1975–99. Empirical results obtained by estimating...

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Which types of aid have the most impact?

Mavrotas, George - 2003

The paper uses an aid disaggregation approach to examine the impact of different types of aid on the fiscal sector of the aid-recipient country. It uses time-series data on different types of aid (project aid, programme aid, technical assistance and food aid) for Uganda, an important aid...

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Recipient governments' willingness and ability to meet aid conditionality: The effectiveness of aid finance and conditions

Morrissey, Oliver - 2002

aid will not ensure sustained reform. In this sense conditionality does not work. This ignores the fact that donors … process and donors would be more effective ‘development partners’ if they see their role as being to support rather than force … this process. In simple terms, donors should provide the information and technical assistance to help governments to make …

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