literature has turned decidedly pessimistic with respect to the ability of foreign aid to foster economic growth. Policy … assesses the aid-growth literature with a focus on recent contributions. The aid-growth literature is then framed, for the … and statistically significant causal effect on growth over the long run with point estimates at levels suggested by growth …

Human capital plays a key role in fostering technology adoption, the major source of economic growth in developing … growth, the model reveals that incentives to invest in public education vanish if a country is poorly endowed with human … better-endowed counterparts build up human capital thereby promoting technology adoption and growth, the growth process in …

(proxied using gender gaps in labor force participation) reduce economic growth. Using most recent data and investigating a … long time period (1960-2000), we update the results of previous studies on education gaps on growth and extend the analysis … growth. The combined 'costs' of education and employment gaps in Middle East and North Africa and South Asia amount …

impact of both trends on long-run economic growth is studied, and results are discussed in light of relevant policy debate. …

This essay reviews the historical and ongoing role played by trade in sustained high growth and human development … supply-side capacity. Given the strong links between trade-led growth, economic upgrading, and poverty reduction, the paper … argues that trade led economic growth must be prioritised in the post-2015 development agenda. …

We show that the effects of inflation on growth change substantially as the inflation rate rises. Moreover the … inflation first begins to seriously negatively affect growth is around 8% for industrial economies but 3% or less for developing … countries. Marginal growth costs for developing countries then decline significantly above 50% inflation. Failure to account for …

policymakers' beliefs about the impact of capital account liberalization on growth, under the 'Mundell's trilemma constraint. The …

current literature on the growth impacts of trade (by leading partner countries) often neglects the properties of macro panel … with considerable impacts of exports to EME and AdE, exports to China have limited effects on the growth of its partners …. However, the global financial crisis marks a turning point of China’s role as a major driver of growth in the South. Namely …

the current literature on the growth impacts of trade (by leading partner countries) often neglects the properties of … with considerable impacts of exports to EDE and AdE, exports to China have limited effects on the growth of its partners …. However, the recent financial crisis marks a turning point of China's role as a major driver of growth in the South. Namely …