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Aid, politics, culture, and growth
Minasyan, Anna - 2015
Political misalignment and greater ideological distance between donor and recipient governments may render foreign aid less effective by adding to transaction costs and eroding trust. In addition, development aid from the West may lead to adverse growth effects in the global South due to the...
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A contribution to the empirics of development and globalization
Lohmann, Steffen - 2015
There are arguably few topics in current global economic policy as intensely debated as the impact of different facets of globalization on human development. Given that the concept of globalization reflects a multitude of economic and societal transformations, the scope of these discussions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011309263
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Chinese Aid and Health at the Country and Local Level
Cruzatti C., John - 2020
We investigate whether and to what extent Chinese development finance affects infant mortality, combining 92 … demographic and health surveys (DHS) for a maximum of 53 countries and almost 55,000 sub-national locations over the 2002 … mortality at sub-national scales, but decreases mortality at the country-level. In several tests, we show that this stark …
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Chinese aid and health at the country and local level
Cruzatti, John; Dreher, Axel; Matzat, Johannes - 2020
We investigate whether and to what extent Chinese development finance affects infant mortality, combining 92 … demographic and health surveys (DHS) for a maximum of 53 countries and almost 55,000 sub-national locations over the 2002 … mortality at sub-national scales, but decreases mortality at the country-level. In several tests, we show that this stark …
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Chinese aid and health at the country and local level
C., John Cruzatti; Dreher, Axel; Matzat, Johannes - 2020
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Chinese aid and health at the country and local level
Cruzatti, John; Dreher, Axel; Matzat, Johannes - In: World development : the multi-disciplinary … 167 (2023), pp. 1-15
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Geography, economics, and power : global assessments of development with geo-referenced Data
Cruzatti, John - 2021
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Development (paradigm) failures
Dreher, Axel; Hodler, Roland - In: Journal of development economics 101 (2013), pp. 63-74
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Determinants of donor generosity : a survey of the aid budget literature
Fuchs, Andreas; Dreher, Axel; Nunnenkamp, Peter - 2012
What determines the foreign aid effort of donor countries? We review the existing literature on donors’ aid budgets and examine which of the suggested variables robustly determine aid effort, measured as Official Development Assistance (ODA) as a share of gross national income. More...
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The Political Economy of International Finance Corporation Lending
Dreher, Axel - 2019
The bulk of International Finance Corporation (IFC) lending benefits companies from rich countries, and projects in countries with middle income. Large conglomerates such as Lidl or Mövenpick have been among its direct beneficiaries. This contrasts to some extent with the IFC's official...
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