The median developing country has had significantly higher inflation than the median advanced country since the early 1980s. A model is presented in which a developing country may reduce inflationary expectations by pegging its exchange rate to the currency of an advanced country (or a basket of...

This paper econometrically examines the impact of aid on the well-being of population sub-groups within 48 developing countries. This is a radical departure from previous empirical research of aid effectiveness at the country level, which has looked mainly at the relationship between aid and...