This paper analyses the financial performance of the African Development Bank. A two-pronged approach is applied. Firstly, we conduct a discussion of the role of development banks and the difficulties of finding an appropriate measure with which to assess their performance. Secondly, we develop...

The regional allocation of aid within recipient countries has been largely ignored in the aid allocation literature. We use geocoded data on the location of aid projects financed by the World Bank and the African Development Bank within a sample of 27 recipient countries to assess the claim of...

In August 2009, the Freetown Declaration by the African finance ministers committed their governments to 'implement fiscal stimulus measures' to counter the effects of the international financial crisis. This paper analyses the institutional and economic feasibility of realising this commitment....

The United States government has made repeated declarations over the last decade to align its assistance programs behind developing countries’ priorities. By utilizing public attitude surveys for 42 African and Latin American countries, this paper examines how well the US has implemented this...

Bronwyn Howell was recently invited to participate in an experts forum on Telecommunications Open Access Regulation by the OECD and African Development Bank.Whilst the experts were encouraged generally by the discussion each was asked to prepare material relating to specific issues. Bronwyn was...

Abstract The present paper aims to use the case of China Development Bank (CDB) to tackle the fundamental question of why development banks in an effort to shed light on the broader debate about the role of state in economic development. By delving deeper into the role of CDB in incubating the...