We explore the potential growth effects of foreign aid when in conjunction with severe debt problems. When used to finance debt repayments, aid may not lead to Dutch Disease while it still alleviates an economic problem. A set of empirical estimates shows that although inflows of foreign aid in...

In this paper, we explore the potential growth effects of foreign aid when in conjunction with severe debt problems. We first argue that aid, when used to finance debt repayments, does not lead to Dutch Disease while still alleviating an economic problem. A set of empirical estimates show that...

In this paper, we explore the potential growth effects of foreign aid when in conjunction with severe debt problems. We first argue that aid, when used to finance debt repayments, does not lead to Dutch Disease while still alleviating an economic problem. A set of empirical estimates show that...