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Aid and growth in fragile states
McGillivray, Mark; Feeny, Simon - 2008
The literature on aid has come a long way in recent years, and as a result we now know much more about aid effectiveness than possibly ever before. But significant gaps in knowledge remain. One such gap is the effectiveness of aid in the so-called ‘fragile states’, countries with critically...
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Aid, Conflict and Human Development
McGillivray, Mark; Noorbakhsh, Farhad - Department of Economics, Adam Smith Business School
interested in the impact of conflict on human development and in links between conflict, aid and human development. These … countries are conflict-affected. A number of interesting results emerge, many of which are in stark contrast with those reported … in the aid-growth literature. The main findings of this analysis are that conflict and aid are negatively associated with …
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It works; it doesn't; it can, but that depends...: 50 years of controversy over the macroeconomic impact of development aid
McGillivray, Mark; Feeny, Simon; Hermes, Niels; … - 2005
This paper surveys 50 years of empirical research on the macroeconomic impact of aid, looking mainly at studies examining the link between aid and growth. It argues that studies dating until the late 1990s produced either contradictory or inconclusive results. Aid either worked, or it didn’t,...
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Aid, debt burden and goverment fiscal behaviour: A new model applied to Côte d'Ivoire
McGillivray, Mark; Ouattara, Banzoumana - 2003
This paper examines the impact of foreign aid on public sector fiscal behaviour in Côte d’Ivoire. A special interest is the relationship between aid, debt servicing and debt, given that Côte d’Ivoire is a highly indebted country. The theoretical model employed differs from those of...
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Does aid work for the poor?
McGillivray, Mark; Fielding, David; Torres, Sebastian; … - 2011
This paper econometrically examines the impact of aid on the well-being of population sub-groups within 48 developing countries. This is a radical departure from previous empirical research of aid effectiveness at the country level, which has looked mainly at the relationship between aid and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009409618
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Aid, Debt Relief and New Sources of Finance for Meeting the Millennium Development Goals
Addison, Tony - 2015
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) have lofty expectations regarding the impact of official development aid. Are these expectations valid? This paper surveys the literature on aid and growth. It finds that practically all aid studies since the late 1990s conclude that aid increases economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013031783
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Aid, Debt Relief, and New Sources of Finance for Meeting the Millennium Development Goals
Addison, Tony - 2015
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) have lofty expectations regarding the impact of official development aid. Are these expectations valid? This paper surveys the literature on aid and growth. It finds that practically all aid studies since the late 1990s conclude that aid increases economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013032059
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State fragility : concept and measurement
Baliamoune-Lutz, Mina (contributor);  … - 2008
The international donor community has grave concerns about the prospects for poverty reduction in what it terms fragile states. A state is classified as fragile if its country policy and institutional assessment (CPIA) score falls below a particular threshold. Recognizing that all states are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003725526
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Donor funding of multilateral aid agencies: Determining factors and revealed burden sharing
Addison, Tony; McGillivray, Mark; Odedokun, Matthew - 2003
The paper reports an empirical study of the factors affecting burden sharing among OECD’s 22 DAC members in ‘bankrolling’ the multilateral aid agencies. These are the UN agencies, World Bank’s IDA and non-IDA programmes, regional development banks, European Community, and other...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010279019
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Aid effectiveness and selectivity: Integrating multiple objectives into aid allocations
McGillivray, Mark - 2003
include political stability, democracy, post conflict reconstruction, and economic vulnerability. …
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