specific goals (including possible Sustainable Development Goals); and the contribution that Aid for Trade can make. …

Aid for Trade supports developing and least-developed countries in building their trade capacity and in increasing … organizations) and monitor impacts and effectiveness (with OECD and other international organizations). Through Aid for Trade, the … economic development. Gender equality is an inherent part of Aid for Trade. This has also been reflected in the Buenos Aires …

The Aid for Trade Initiative has reached its limits and is in a need to be revamped. This article describes the …

We explore whether foreign aid affects developing countries' creditworthiness, as proxied by the Institutional Investor … current aid reduces the likelihood of future default. We then test this hypothesis, using a data set that covers a large … number of developing countries in the 1980s and 1990s. While the size of the effect differs across types of aid and country …

Does official aid pave the road for private foreign investment or does it suffocate private initiative by diverting … marginal effect of aid on private foreign investment is close to zero. Surprisingly, however, the effect is strictly positive …

This paper discusses past and current social policy strategies in the international aid architecture. From the 1990s …, aid strategy and policy shifted to put a stronger emphasis on human development. This accelerated with the Millennium … also assesses some of the concerns associated with the 'Paris-style' aid modalities, and discusses major challenges for the …

conditionality making China's aid model different to Western donors. China dominates as a donor for Zimbabwe with substantial aid … environmental aid from China, the magnitude of environmental aid from Western donors suggests there is a need to explore other areas … to leverage the effect of environmental aid on the environment. Overall we find that aid disbursements are significantly …

This paper analyses the role of foreign aid to assist development in two oil-rich countries: Indonesia and Nigeria …. This paper seeks to understand the way foreign aid provided assistance to transform Indonesia from a 'fragile' state in the … Tragedy'. This paper argues that foreign aid could help not only to finance development, but also to navigate policy makers …