scarce. Poverty traps in the sense of zero growth for low income countries are rejected by the data in most time periods …. There is evidence of divergence between rich and poor nations in the long run, but this does not imply zero growth for the …

, health, or education (likely to have no relationship to growth over four years); and (3) aid that plausibly could stimulate …Past research on aid and growth is flawed because it typically examines the impact of aggregate aid on growth over a … short period, usually four years, while significant portions of aid are unlikely to affect growth in such a brief time. We …