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Is NGO aid not so different after all? Comparing the allocation of Swiss aid by private and official donors
Nunnenkamp, Peter; Weingarth, Janina; Weisser, Johannes - 2008
Being closer to the poor, NGOs are widely believed to provide better targeted aid than state agencies. But empirical evidence is largely lacking. We contribute to closing this gap by drawing on an exceptionally detailed Swiss database that covers different forms of NGO aid and several official...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273168
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Is NGO aid not so different after all? : comparing the allocation of Swiss aid by private and official donors
Nunnenkamp, Peter; Weingarth, Janina; Weisser, Johannes - In: European journal of political economy 25 (2009) 4, pp. 422-438
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Is NGO aid not so different after all? : Comparing the allocation of Swiss aid by private and official donors
Nunnenkamp, Peter (contributor);  … - 2008
Being closer to the poor, NGOs are widely believed to provide better targeted aid than state agencies. But empirical evidence is largely lacking. We contribute to closing this gap by drawing on an exceptionally detailed Swiss database that covers different forms of NGO aid and several official...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003654692
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The impact of official development assistance on the donor's economy : the case of Switzerland
López, Luciano - 2018
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012125957
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Causal links between bilateral aid and exports : the Swiss case
Lopez, Luciano - 2017
This paper investigates the direction of Granger causality, if Granger causality there is, between Swiss bilateral official development aid and Swiss exports for a panel of 50 recipient countries over the period 1974-2013. To account for possible geographical effects, three specific group of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011749345
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Aid and trade: A donor's perspective
Nowak-Lehmann D., Felicitas; Martínez-Zarzoso, Inmaculada - 2008
Foreign aid is given for a combination of economic, political, and humanitarian motives. While its impact on economic development in recipient countries has been the main focus of research recently, we concentrate on the question to what extent it also promotes donor countries’ exports. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291871
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Aid, Governance, and Private Foreign Investment: Some Puzzling Findings and a Possible Explanation
Harms, Philipp; Lutz, Matthias - 2003
Does official aid pave the road for private foreign investment or does it suffocate private initiative by diverting resources towards unproductive activities? In this paper we explore this question using data for a large number of developing and emerging economies. Controlling for countries?...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010295379
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Modelling the fiscal effects of aid: An impulse response approach for Ghana
Morrissey, Oliver; Osei, Robert; Lloyd, Tim - 2002
An important feature of aid to developing countries is that it is given to the government. As a result aid has the potential to affect budgetary behaviour. Although the (albeit limited) aid-growth literature has addressed the effect of aid on policy, it has tended to neglect the effect of aid on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010295493
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EU aid for ACP investment
Wolf, Susanna - 2002
Kommission in den 90er Jahren zum fünftgrößten Geber von Entwicklungshilfe in der Welt entwickelt. Die AKP-Staaten liegen bei … Betrachtung der Gesamthilfe überproportional unter denen, welche die meiste Entwicklungshilfe pro Kopf in der Welt erhalten. Es … Beitrag zu der gegenwärtigen Debatte über die Wirksamkeit von Entwicklungshilfe geleistet. Es wird argumentiert dass die …
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Are 'new' donors different? Comparing the allocation of bilateral aid between non-DAC and DAC donor
Dreher, Axel; Nunnenkamp, Peter; Thiele, Rainer - 2010
Major DAC donors are widely criticized for weak targeting of aid, selfish aid motives and insufficient coordination. The emergence of an increasing number of new donors may further complicate the coordination of international aid efforts. On the other hand, new donors (many of which were aid...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010302719