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Who gives aid to whom and when? Aid accelerations, shocks and policies
Brück, Tilman; Xu, Guo - 2011
We address the pitfalls of averaging by exploiting the longitudinal variation in aid to identify sudden and sharp increases in aid flows. Focusing on specific events, we test if aid accelerations correspond to policies and shocks in the recipient country. For a large sample of 145 recipient...
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Are NGOs the better donors? A case study of aid allocation for Sweden
Dreher, Axel; Mölders, Florian; Nunnenkamp, Peter - 2007
selection of ODA recipients. However, the Swedish case also supports the skeptical view according to which NGOs are unlikely to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273121
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Financing for refugee situations
OECD - 2019
Forced displacement, including refugee flows, is a global phenomenon. As of 2018, 26 million people were refugees. Financing from the international community makes a significant contribution to supporting refugees and host communities. But in order to meet those needs effectively and...
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Deterring emigration with foreign aid : an overview of evidence from low-income countries
Clemens, Michael A.; Postel, Hannah M. - 2017
in emigration. Third, this evidence implies that donors could achieve greater impact by leveraging foreign aid not to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011763796
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Can iron-fortified salt control anemia? : evidence from two experiments in rural Bihar
Banerjee, Abhijit V.; Barnhardt, Sharon; Duflo, Esther - 2016
significant impact on hemoglobin, anemia, physical health, cognition or mental health. For the sales experiment, we can reject at … or food fortification, these programs often do not consistently reach the poorest. This paper reports on the impact of a … impact of DFS even when consumed more regularly for the majority of the population …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011491885
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Who carries the burden of reproductive health and AIDS programs? : evidence from OECD donor countries
Dalen, Hendrik P. van - 2005
This paper tries to establish who carries the burden in supporting reproductive health and AIDS programs worldwide. The … assistance in matters of reproductive health and AIDS. This global effort has so far not sufficiently been supported by funds and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011348349
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Chapter Four. Improving Health in Developing Countries : Evidence from Randomized Evaluations
Kremer, Michael; Glennerster, Rachel - In: Handbook of health economics : volume 2, (pp. 201-315). 2011
We summarize evidence from the growing body of randomized evaluations on health in developing countries from the … sensitive to price and convenience. Health education has a mixed record, often working in combination with incentives and … functioning through increasing salience rather than delivering information. The quality of health services in many developing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014025584
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The determinants of selection and allocation decisions for health assistance: Which role do health indicators play?
Stepping, Katharina - 2012
development assistance for health for the period of 1990 till 2007. The central question is to what extent health indicators …, reflecting the health objectives stated in the Millennium Development Goals, influence such decisions. The analysis reveals that … health indicators are important determinants of the selection and allocation process for health assistance but to a different …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294362
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Do poor health conditions lead to higher allocation of development assistance?
Stepping, Katharina - 2012
This paper analyzes the targeting of development assistance for health across countries in a multivariate regression … characteristics and the donor-recipient-relationship are argued to be important determinants. The results show that health indicators …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294391
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The determinants of selection and allocation decisions for health assistance : which role do health indicators play?
Stepping, Katharina - 2012
development assistance for health for the period of 1990 till 2007. The central question is to what extent health indicators …, reflecting the health objectives stated in the Millennium Development Goals, influence such decisions. The analysis reveals that … health indicators are important determinants of the selection and allocation process for health assistance but to a different …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009552170