Some empirical works have argued that aid hinders the institutional quality of recipient countries. This article argues that these works suffer from two main shortcomings that make their conclusions less tenable. On the one hand, a previous investigation of the determinants of institutional...

Making progress on development means mobilising the financial resources developing countries already have in a fuller way. That involves, firstly, improving taxation systems and strengthening the fiscal administrations of those countries; and secondly, generating a more transparent and...