After more than a decade of economic decline and civil war, Uganda was able to return to economic growth thanks to the …

This paper confirms recent evidence of a positive impact of aid on growth and widens the scope of evaluation to a range … of outcomes including proximate sources of growth (e.g., physical and human capital), indicators of social welfare (e … coherent and favorable pattern of results emerges. Aid has over the past forty years stimulated growth, promoted structural …

Growth and poverty reduction in Africa are weakly linked. This paper argues that the reason is that Africa has failed … - has not featured in Africa's post-1995 growth story. As a result, the region's fastest growing economies have the least … responsiveness of employment to growth. The role of development aid in this context is problematic. Across Africa more aid went to …

and/or monetary stimuli to foster economic growth and thus, maximize the probability of re-election. Using a panel dataset … have an effect on growth. We find evidence to support the most recent studies showing that aid has a positive impact on … growth. We however, do not find evidence to support the proposition that institutional quality is a sine qua non conditional …

in Africa. Econometric results show that increased assistance to these sectors is associated with an increase in growth …In recent decades, Africa has received a large share of official development assistance compared to other regions of … the world. Using AidData for 2000-13, this paper examines the effects of aid to productive sectors on manufacturing growth …