infant mortality rates to higher life expectancy. Yet, 1.3 billion people continue to live in extreme poverty in the …-loaded increase in public infrastructure investment yield the desired growth-promoting effect? Taking a rigorous lo …

, growth, and poverty. Public capital is disaggregated into education, core infrastructure, and health. Dutch disease effects … poverty is assessed through partial elasticities and household survey data. The model is calibrated for Ethiopia and changes … in the level of nonfood aid are simulated. The amount by which (nonfood) aid should increase to reach the poverty targets …