The global economy is passing through a period of profound change. The immediate concern is with the financial crisis, originating in the North. The South is affected via reduced demand and lower prices for their exports, reduced private financial flows, and falling remittances. This is the...

The global economy is passing through a period of profound change. The immediate concern is with the financial crisis, originating in the North. The South is affected via reduced demand and lower prices for their exports, reduced private financial flows, and falling remittances. This is the...

The global economy is passing through a period of profound change. The immediate concern is with the financial crisis, originating in the North. The South is affected via reduced demand and lower prices for their exports, reduced private financial flows, and falling remittances. This is the...

Gældskrisens udbrud blev startsignalet til omfattende makroøkonomiske reformer i u-Iandene i 1980erne. De chok, som forårsagede krisen, udgjorde sammen med kraftigt voksende uligevægte i eksterne og interne samfundsøkonomiske balancer en virkningsfuld advarsel. Det blev klart, at de...

Gældskrisens udbrud blev startsignalet til omfattende makroøkonomiske reformer i u-Iandene i 1980erne. De chok, som forårsagede krisen, udgjorde sammen med kraftigt voksende uligevægte i eksterne og interne samfundsøkonomiske balancer en virkningsfuld advarsel. Det blev klart, at de...

Quantitative project analysis drifted out of focus in academia during the 1980’s. Nevertheless, discrete projects remain the bulk of international development assistance. The present state of affairs is outlined: the application of basic principles is examined in case-context; and serious...

Denne artikel har til hensigt at belyse, hvor meget fødevarebistand udviklingslandene får behov for I 1990erne. Desuden diskuteres perspektiverne for, at dette behov viI blive tilfredsstillet. Eksisterende prognoser gennemgås, og det påvises, at der i de kommende år vil blive brug for...

Reducing poverty and inequality and promoting inclusive growth are fundamental to achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Much has changed in the global economy in recent decades and perspectives on progress made vary widely. This is even more so in light of the ongoing...

This paper confirms recent evidence of a positive impact of aid on growth and widens the scope of evaluation to a range of outcomes including proximate sources of growth (e.g., physical and human capital), indicators of social welfare (e.g., poverty and infant mortality), and measures of...

This paper examines the relationship between foreign aid and growth in real GDP per capita as it emerges from simple augmentations of popular cross-country growth specifications. It is shown that aid in all likelihood increases the growth rate, and this result is not conditional on ‘good’...