countries. We combine geo-referenced data on the subnational allocation of World Bank aid projects to Africa over the 1995 …Motivated by the lack of sub-national empirical evidence on the relationship between aid and institutional development …, this study explores the local effects of World Bank aid on perceived institutional quality in African aid receiving …

government institutions while channeling aid and the impact of such practices on aid effectiveness in Africa. Based on an …-term impact is more uncertain. The bypassing of local institutions results in the fragmentation of aid, a lack of coordination …Many practical and action-oriented international roadmaps to improve the quality of aid and its delivery and impact on …

The purpose of the chapter is to analyze Africa's economic successes in the past half century, to understand not only …. While it may not be possible for Africa to alter, for now, its position in the world system, it may nonetheless create the …