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 …

Japan has an impressive history when it comes to aid, industrial policy, and infrastructure development, both as a … aid is questioned, few actors can offer more useful experience. Restoring structural transformation as a donor priority …, and recognizing the critical role it played in the development of Japan, is a vital step towards making the real gains aid …

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 …

This empirical study investigates foreign aid’s effectiveness in stimulating growth by considering economic policies … and the factors that influenced aid flow in Sri Lanka during the period of 1980-2008. For both analyses, a single …-equation instrumental variable estimation method is employed. The results derived from this study suggest that aid is positively associated …

Using data from 1988 to 2007, we examine to what extent bilateral aid flows of an individual donor to a country depend … on aid flows from all other bilateral and multilateral donors to that country. We thereby want to assess to what extent … donor coordination, free-riding, selectivity, specialization, and common donor motivations drive bilateral aid allocation as …