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Sectoral aid priorities : missing MDG targets?
Thiele, Rainer (contributor); Nunnenkamp, Peter (contributor) - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003726311
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Are NGOs the better donors? : a case study of aid allocation for Sweden
Dreher, Axel (contributor); Mölders, Florian (contributor);  … - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003762863
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Are NGOs the better donors? : A case study of aid allocation for Sweden
Dreher, Axel (contributor); Mölders, Florian (contributor);  … - 2007
This paper analyzes whether and to what extent non-governmental organizations (NGOs) outperform official donors by allocating aid in a way that renders effective poverty alleviation more likely. We employ Probit and Tobit models and make use of an exceptionally detailed database that allows an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003550458
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Do we know what we think we know? : aid fragmentation and effectiveness revisited
Gehring, Kai; Michaelowa, Katharina; Dreher, Axel; … - 2015
Aid fragmentation is widely recognized as being detrimental to development outcomes. We re-investigate the impact of fragmentation on aid effectiveness in the context of growth, bureaucratic policy, and education, focusing on a number of conceptually different indicators of fragmentation, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011335022
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Sectoral aid priorities : are donors really doing their best to achieve the millennium development goals?
Thiele, Rainer (contributor); Nunnenkamp, Peter (contributor) - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003289295
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Sectoral aid priorities : are donors really doing their best to achieve the millennium development goals?
Thiele, Rainer - 2006
We analyze the aid portfolio of various bilateral and multilateral donors, testing whether they have prioritised aid in line with the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). In doing so, we combine sectorally disaggregated aid data with indicators reflecting the situation of recipient countries...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003247640
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Does Globalization Affect Growth?
Dreher, Axel - 2014
The paper presents an index of globalization covering its three main dimensions: Economic integration, social … globalization as well as sub-indexes constructed to measure the single dimensions on economic growth are analyzed empirically. The … results show that globalization promotes growth - but not to an extent necessary to reduce poverty on a large scale. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014103182
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Composite indices based on partial least squares
Yoon, Jisu; Klasen, Stephan; Dreher, Axel; Krivobokova, … - 2015
In this paper, we compare Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and Partial Least Squares (PLS) methods to generate weights for composite indices. In this context we also consider various treatments of non-metric variables when constructing such composite indices. Using simulation studies we find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010496759
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Globalization, economic freedom and human rights
Dreher, Axel; Gassebner, Martin; Siemers, Lars-H. R. - 2010
Using the KOF Index of Globalization and two indices of economic freedom, we empirically analyze whether globalization …-2004 period. According to our results, physical integrity rights significantly and robustly increase with globalization and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274933
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Globalization, economic freedom and human rights
Dreher, Axel; Gassebner, Martin; Siemers, Lars-H. R. - 2010
Using the KOF Index of Globalization and two indices of economic freedom, we empirically analyze whether globalization …-2004 period. According to our results, physical integrity rights significantly and robustly increase with globalization and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010311692