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Does aid for education educate children? Evidence from panel data
Dreher, Axel; Nunnenkamp, Peter; Thiele, Rainer - 2006
This paper empirically analyzes the impact of aid on education for about 100 countries over the period 1970-2005. We … of the link between government expenditure and education, (iii) the quality of institutions in the recipient country, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272955
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Does Aid for Education Educate Children? Evidence from Panel Data
Dreher, Axel; Nunnenkamp, Peter; Thiele, Rainer - 2007
This paper empirically analyzes the impact of aid on education for about 100 countries over the period 1970-2005. We … of the link between government expenditure and education, (iii) the quality of institutions in the recipient country, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014054166
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Gesture politics or real commitment? : gender inequality and the allocation of aid
Dreher, Axel; Gehring, Kai; Klasen, Stephan - 2013
concern. While aid specifically to promote gender equality receives only a tiny share of aid budgets, allocations to education … donors indeed give more aid to countries with larger gender gaps ('need') in education, health, employment, or women's rights …, or rather reward improvements in those indicators ('merit'). We find some evidence that gender gaps in education and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009784721
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The costs of favoritism: Is politically-driven aid less effective?
Dreher, Axel; Klasen, Stephan; Raymond, James; Werker, Eric - 2010
As is now well documented, aid is given for both political as well as economic reasons. The conventional wisdom is that politically-motivated aid is less effective in promoting developmental objectives. We examine the ex-post performance ratings of World Bank projects and generally find that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010302713
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The costs of favoritism: Is politically-driven aid less effective?
Dreher, Axel; Klasen, Stephan; Vreeland, James Raymond; … - 2010
As is now well documented, aid is given for both political as well as economic reasons. The conventional wisdom is that politically-motivated aid is less effective in promoting developmental objectives. We examine the ex-post performance ratings of World Bank projects and generally find that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010332994
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The costs of favoritism: is politically-driven aid less effective?
Dreher, Axel; Klasen, Stephan; Vreeland, James Raymond; … - 2010
As is now well documented, aid is given for both political as well as economic reasons. The conventional wisdom is that politically-motivated aid is less effective in promoting developmental objectives. We examine the ex-post performance ratings of World Bank projects and generally find that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269460
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Geopolitics, aid and growth
Dreher, Axel; Eichenauer, Vera; Gehring, Kai - 2013
We investigate the effects of short-term political motivations on the effectiveness of foreign aid. Donor countries ́political motives might reduce the effectiveness of conditionality, channel aid to inferior projects or affect the way aid is spent in other ways, reduce the aid bureaucracyś...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009764394
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The costs of favoritism : is politically-driven aid less effective?
Dreher, Axel (contributor) - 2010
As is now well documented, aid is given for both political as well as economic reasons. The conventional wisdom is that politically-motivated aid is less effective in promoting developmental objectives. We examine the ex-post performance ratings of World Bank projects and generally find that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010336343
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Geopolitics, aid and growth
Dreher, Axel; Eichenauer, Vera; Gehring, Kai - 2014
We investigate the effects of short-term political motivations on the effectiveness of foreign aid. Specifically, we test whether the effect of aid on economic growth is reduced by the share of years a country has served on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) in the period the aid has...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010425577
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Geopolitics, aid and growth : conference paper
Dreher, Axel; Eichenauer, Vera; Gehring, Kai - 2014
We investigate the effects of short-term political motivations on the effectiveness of foreign aid. Donor countries political motives might reduce the effectiveness of conditionality, channel aid to inferior projects, reduce the aid bureaucracy s effort, and change the power structure in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010487721