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We develop a North-South model of foreign aid and cross-border pollution resulting from production activities in the … recipient country. There is both private and public abatement of pollution, the latter being financed through emissions tax … recipient chooses the fraction of aid allocated to pollution abatement and/or the emission tax rate. At this equilibrium, an …
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We develop a two-country model of foreign aid and cross-border pollution resulting from production activities in the … recipient country. There is both private and public abatement of pollution, the latter being financed through emissions tax … recipient chooses the fraction of aid allocated to pollution abatement and the emission tax rate. At this equilibrium, an …
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We develop a North-South model of foreign aid and cross-border pollution resulting from production activities in the … recipient country. There is both private and public abatement of pollution, the latter being financed through emissions tax … recipient chooses the fraction of aid allocated to pollution abatement and/or the emission tax rate. At this equilibrium, an …
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We develop a North-South model of foreign aid and cross-border pollution resulting from production activities in the … recipient country. There is both private and public abatement of pollution, the latter being financed through emissions tax … recipient chooses the fraction of aid allocated to pollution abatement and/or the emission tax rate. At this equilibrium, an …
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This paper examines the welfare implications of foreign aid within the framework of a two-period, two-country model of international trade. It is up to the donor country to decide what fraction of any given aid package is to be made available for the recipient's immediate, period-one...
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We examine the empirical relationship between Internet subscriptions and foreign aid flows for 22 Development Assistance Committee (DAC) members for a 15 year time period employing the median voter model. We find that Internet use is positively related to the amount of foreign aid that donor...
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Using a two-country two-good model, we examine the welfare effects of foreign aid that facilitates factor movement between industries in the recipient country. The government of the donor country produces a public input, which the recipient's government is forced to purchase by spending aid as...
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Financing and the role of aid within the water sector are poorly understood. We estimate the levels of spending achieved in developing countries during the Millennium Development Goals period to be US$80 billion per year. Aid represented a substantial proportion of total sector financing in...
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Many concerns can be raised about the effectiveness of current aid programmes to developing countries. The appropriateness of aid is particularly questionable when one considers the likely character of the challenges that the global economy will confront in 2025, as suggested by alternative...
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