responsiveness of employment to growth. The role of development aid in this context is problematic. Across Africa more aid went to … countries with a low employment intensity of growth. The paper proposes a new approach to aid and poverty in Africa, one that …Growth and poverty reduction in Africa are weakly linked. This paper argues that the reason is that Africa has failed …

African countries. Thus, any policy initiative targeted towards poverty reduction in Africa should consider the agricultural ….5 per cent, and humanitarian 11.9 per cent. Using secondary data and country-case studies from Africa, the study … investigates why aid to agriculture has been low, and how the share of ODA to agriculture can be improved. …

recipient governments - about Chinese development finance activities in Africa that can be updated and improved through crowd … Africa. Ground-truthing generally revealed close agreement between open-source data and answers to protocol questions from …

and Southern Africa. Total aid to these countries' environmental sectors for the 2000s decade is about US$10.17 billion …This study seeks to understand what aid flows have been doing to the environment in eight countries in Eastern, Western … and bilateral aid has been on the rise. There seems to have been a structural change in some countries where donors have …

In recent decades, Africa has received a large share of official development assistance compared to other regions of … the world. Using AidData for 2000-13, this paper examines the effects of aid to productive sectors on manufacturing growth … in Africa. Econometric results show that increased assistance to these sectors is associated with an increase in growth …

paper explores ways to achieve diversification in a resource-rich economy. It describes the relative price changes that … diversification, through the development of "industries without smokestacks" and investments in knowledge. …

Africa's exports. This study found that trade agreements in both trade relations have not brought any significant increment … to Africa's exports and that more market access conditions exist in South markets than in the North markets. -- trade … agreements reached. This study evaluates the effects of Africa's trade agreements with the European Union (EU) and China on …

Japan has an impressive history when it comes to aid, industrial policy, and infrastructure development, both as a … aid is questioned, few actors can offer more useful experience. Restoring structural transformation as a donor priority …, and recognizing the critical role it played in the development of Japan, is a vital step towards making the real gains aid …