countries. We combine geo-referenced data on the subnational allocation of World Bank aid projects to Africa over the 1995 …Motivated by the lack of sub-national empirical evidence on the relationship between aid and institutional development …, this study explores the local effects of World Bank aid on perceived institutional quality in African aid receiving …

of 51 African countries covering the period 1980 to 2012, we test first, whether aid and institutional quality factors … have an effect on growth. We find evidence to support the most recent studies showing that aid has a positive impact on … for aid to achieve impact on growth. Second, we test whether donor aid facilitates political business cycles, and …

political institutions on economic policy choices. In contrast, the role of participatory policy processes in formulating … analyses are missing which aim at understanding the effect of formal and informal institutions on agricultural policy …. Therefore, this thesis focuses on investigating the influence of formal and informal political institutions on agricultural …

I show how abundant land and scarce labor shaped African institutions before colonial rule. I present a model in which … the model, the existence of land rights, slavery, and polygyny occurred in those parts of Africa that were the most … suitable for agriculture, and in which population density was greatest. Next, I use the model to explain institutions among the …