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This paper empirically analyzes the impact of aid on education for about 100 countries over the period 1970-2005. We … of the link between government expenditure and education, (iii) the quality of institutions in the recipient country, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272955
We raise the hypothesis that aid specifically targeted at economic infrastructure helps developing countries attract higher FDI inflows through improving their endowment with infrastructure in transportation, communication, energy and finance. By performing 3SLS estimations we explicitly account...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011374057
The effects of foreign aid on the endowment of recipient countries with infrastructure have received surprisingly little attention in the empirical literature. This paper addresses this question by performing difference-in-difference-in-differences estimations, with the treatment defined as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011444386
We raise the hypothesis that aid specifically targeted at economic infrastructure helps developing countries attract higher FDI inflows through improving their endowment with infrastructure in transportation, communication, energy and finance. By performing 3SLS estimations we explicitly account...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010394325
growth and poverty reduction, but also on intermediate outcomes such as health and education. This paper reviews evidence … from recent in-depth country work on the impact of government policies and service provision in health and basic education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319914
inflows as the mechanism for mitigating school user fees constraining education access in recipient countries …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012720129
This paper empirically analyzes the impact of aid on education for about 100 countries over the period 1970-2005. We … of the link between government expenditure and education, (iii) the quality of institutions in the recipient country, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014054166
against HIV/AIDS, have shaped the allocation of aid. However, with respect to other MDGs such as primary education, there is a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010323042
This paper analyzes whether and to what extent non-governmental organizations (NGOs) outperform official donors by allocating aid in a way that renders effective poverty alleviation more likely. We employ Probit and Tobit models and make use of an exceptionally detailed database that allows an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273121
concern. While aid specifically to promote gender equality receives only a tiny share of aid budgets, allocations to education … donors indeed give more aid to countries with larger gender gaps ('need') in education, health, employment, or women's rights …, or rather reward improvements in those indicators ('merit'). We find some evidence that gender gaps in education and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009784721