development matter in the impact of aid on development. In substance its object is to assess if threshold development conditions … technique enables us to investigate if the relationship between development dynamics and development assistance differs … throughout the distributions of development dynamics. Findings – Two main findings are established. (1) The effectiveness of aid …

development has taken place in developing countries. Design/methodology/approach – In framing the financial dimension in a more … financial development benefits of financial globalization. The estimation approach consists of assessing the impact of financial … globalization through-out the conditional distributions of domestic financial development dynamics. Findings – The introduction of …

policy recommendation, the role of sound political institutions is crucial for financial development in Africa. Democracies … stock market development in the African continent. Originality/value – To the best of our knowledge this is the first paper … plagued many African countries and continue to pose a significant threat to financial market development. …

development has taken place in African countries. Design/methodology/approach – In framing the financial dimension in a more … the financial development benefits of financial globalization. The estimation approach consists of assessing the impact of … financial globalization through-out the conditional distributions of domestic financial development dynamics. Findings – The …

This paper integrates two main strands of the aid-development nexus in providing additional information as to why … institutional benchmarks (thresholds) matter for the effectiveness of aid in institutional development. Using seven government …-control and democracy), we provide a thorough assessment of the aid-development nexus when existing institutional development …

updated data(1996-2010). Findings suggest development assistance deteriorates government quality dynamics of corruption …

academic debates. This paper partially negates their criticism of the mainstream approach to the aid-development nexus. Using … updated data(1996-2010) from 52 African countries we provide robust evidence of a positive aid-corruption nexus. Development …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to assess the aid-development nexus in 52 African countries using updated data …(1996-2010) and a new indicator of human development(adjusted for inequality). Design/methodology/approach – The estimation … that development assistance is detrimental to GDP growth, GDP per capita growth and inequality adjusted human development …