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Conflict and poverty in Afghanistan's transition
Floreani, Vincent A.; López Acevedo, Gladys; Rama, Martín - 2019
high in Afghanistan, and especially so in regions that suffered less from conflict. This paper aims to explain this puzzle … by combining a model of conflict intensity at the province level in 2007−14 with a model of consumption at the household … level in 2011. The estimates show that large troop deployments reduced conflict intensity but also boosted local consumption …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012019512
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Does Foreign Aid Reduce Poverty? : Empirical Evidence from Nongovernmental and Bilateral Aid
Masud, Nadia - 2006
This paper assesses the effectiveness of foreign aid in reducing poverty through its impact on human development indicators. We use a dataset of both bilateral aid and NGO aid flows. Our results show that NGO aid reduces infant mortality and does so more effectively than official bilateral aid....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012780806
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Foreign Aid, Poor Data, and the Fragility of Macroeconomic Inference
Roger, Lionel - 2016
The link between foreign aid and economic growth remains a controversial issue in the literature, and a large share of the disagreement could be explained by differences in the data employed. Using GDP data from three different versions of the Penn World Table and the World Development...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012991862
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Kill your darlings? : do new aid flows help achieve a poverty minimizing allocation of aid?
Tengstam, Sven; Isaksson, Ann-Sofie - 2021
In this study, we derive a poverty-minimizing allocation rule, based on which we assess the povertyefficiency of actual aid allocations, with a special focus on the comparative impact of new donors and new non-aid flows. The results suggest a substantial misallocation of aid. Our benchmark...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012695333
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Foreign aid, poverty and economic growth in developing countries : a dynamic panel data causality analysis
Mahembe, Edmore; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - In: Cogent economics & finance 7 (2019) 1, pp. 1-17
This article examines the causal relationship between foreign aid, poverty, and economic growth in 82 developing countries for the period 1981–2013. Taking advantage of the recently developed dynamic panel data estimation techniques, the paper tests for both panel unit roots and cointegration...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012149196
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Aid and poverty: Why does aid not address poverty (much)?
Shepherd, Andrew; Bishop, Sylvia - 2013
not worked well. Aid to conflict-affected countries is itself in crisis. Much greater and more integrated aid is called …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319829
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Violent conflict exposure in Nigeria and economic welfare
Odozi, John Chiwuzulum; Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth - 2019
Several papers have attempted to estimate and document the impact of conflict on several education, health and … socioeconomic outcomes. One lesson from the past research is the heterogeneity in the effect of violent conflict across and within … countries. In this paper we attempt to estimate the casual impact of conflict in Nigeria on welfare related outcomes. The 2009 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012100352
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Conflict exposure and economic welfare in Nigeria
Odozi, John Chiwuzulum; Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth - 2019
Several papers have attempted to estimate and document the impact of conflict on numerous education, health and … socioeconomic outcomes. One lesson from this research is the heterogeneity in the effect of violent conflict across and within … countries. In this paper we attempt to estimate the casual impact of conflict in Nigeria on welfare related outcomes. The 2009 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012161469
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The distributional impact of the Sierra Leone conflict on household welfare
Reilly, Barry; Sam, Hannah - In: IZA Journal of development and migration 13 (2022) 1, pp. 1-41
three rounds of household survey data for Sierra Leone in an attempt to estimate the impact of the conflict on the … experienced a sharp reduction in household expenditure inequality in the immediate aftermath of the conflict with most of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014328817
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Debt relief under the HIPC initiative: Context and outlook for debt sustainability and resource flows
Abrego, Lisandro; Ross, Doris C. - 2001
This paper analyses debt relief efforts by creditors to alleviate the debt burden of lowincome countries. The Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative builds on traditional debt relief, and for the first time involves relief on multilateral debt. It seeks to reduce debt to sustainable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010279082