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Costs, Benefits and the Political Economy of Aid Coordination : The Case of the European Union
Klingebiel, Stephan - 2016
Although it is not possible to identify a specific, theoretical optimum level of aid coordination for the European Union, there is a broad consensus on the need for reduced transaction costs and greater impact through a stronger adherence to coordination standards. However, neither member states...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013001937
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Food Aid Allocation Policies : Coordination and Responsiveness to Recipient Country Needs
Kuhlgatz, Christian H.; Abdulai, Awudu; Barrett, … - 2013
We employ censored least absolute deviations and multivariate Tobit estimators to investigate whether food aid flows from the main donor countries respond to recipient country needs as reflected in low food availability, low income, or both. We also explore the hypothesis that donor countries...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014175789
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Food Aid Allocation Policies : Coordination and Responsiveness to Recipient Country Needs
Barrett, Christopher B.; Kuhlgatz, Christian; Abdulai, Awudu - 2015
We employ censored least absolute deviations and multivariate Tobit estimators to investigate whether food aid flows from the main donor countries respond to recipient country needs as reflected in low food availability, low income, or both. We also explore the hypothesis that donor countries...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014182081
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The Role of Aid for Trade in the European Union’s Development Policy
Udvari, Beata - 2011
Aid for Trade is a new international program to help developing countries meet the challenges of the multilateral trading system and benefit from the liberalization process. The European Union as the largest aid provider in the world is among the donors which has accepted this program and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014042601
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Crisis Region Western Africa : the cradle of African migration to Europe
Kohnert, Dirk - 2007 - Rev.
In the last decades the number of refugees from conflict regions in Africa increased dramatically. West Africa is the cradle of migration from Sub-Saharan Africa to Europe, were most African migrants with overseas destinations live. The European Union shares dual responsibility for the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011335181
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Aid and social cohesion
Danquah, Michael; Ouattara, Bazoumana - 2021
A plethora of work has been done on the effectiveness of foreign aid. However, virtually none of the previous studies has investigated the impact of aid on social cohesion. Yet, in order to promote the achievement of the targets in SDG 16, donors and global partners of developing countries have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012665377
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Human capital and climate change
Angrist, Noam; Winseck, Kevin; Patrinos, Harry Anthony; … - 2023
surprisingly little is known about how to achieve these outcomes. In this paper, we estimate causal effects of additional education … combat climate change. Results show a year of education increases pro-climate beliefs, behaviors, most policy preferences …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014229835
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EU's eastern neighbours: Institutional harmonisation and potential growth bonus
Radziwill, Artur; Smietanka, Paweł - 2009
This paper provides the quantitative estimate of the potential growth bonus for CIS countries, and in particular EU … growth performance and reforms, as well as between reforms and European integration. The paper derives the range of possible … values of growth bonus from the deepened neighbourhood cooperation between 1 and 3.8 with the median at 1.8 percentage points …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011430828
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Regional Dynamics of Two European Clusters : Cooperative Financial Tools and Collective Support as Part of V4 Presidencies’ Foreign Approach Towards WB6 Partners
Radovici, Christopher; Danko, Lukas - 2023
Based on current paradigmatic, programmatic and operational changes, which oversee how global systems were transformed through inter-actor dynamics and systemic rifts, we can underline the necessity for an in-depth comprehension of the political and economic interactions between regional actors,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014344195
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The Drivers of Pension and Sovereign Fund Investment in Energy- Focusing on Natural Gas and Gas Infrastructure
Bazi, Vincent; Firzli, M. Nicolas J. - 2022
World Pensions Council cofounders Vincent Bazi and M. Nicolas J. Firzli analyse the rise of natural gas as a new asset class for pension and sovereign fund stakeholders in light of the geo-institutional dynamics underpinning asset allocation and investment decisions in an era of macroeconomic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013492731