The typical identification strategy in aid effectiveness studies assumes donor motives do not influence the impact of … aid on growth. We call this homogeneity assumption into question, first constructing a model in which donor motives matter …

Most rich countries developed without aid, and this 'self-development' has some intrinsic advantages. In today … many poor countries. Aid can therefore usefully be thought of as a necessary but 'second-best option'. The challenge then … is how to manage this second-best option, particularly in the more aid-dependent states and the more fragile environments …

The typical identification strategy in aid effectiveness studies assumes donor motives do not influence the impact of … aid on growth. We call this homogeneity assumption into question, first constructing a model in which donor motives matter …

The typical identification strategy in aid effectiveness studies assumes donor motives do not influence the impact of … aid on growth. We call this homogeneity assumption into question, first constructing a model in which donor motives matter …

We examine aid-induced Dutch Disease - after controlling for the effects of remittances and FDI flows - in the context … aggregated annual data over the period 1980-2009. Aid causes real exchange rate appreciation in the case of Morocco, especially … either country. We discuss the policy implications of the main results: aid and other types of foreign exchange inflow have …

We investigate whether estimates of the effect of aid on growth are influenced by authors' careers. We collect data on … on the reported magnitude of aid effectiveness, and on the degree of selectivity in which results are reported. On … with aid agencies. …

Conditional Cash Transfers are increasingly used by development aid agencies to reduce the incentives for migration …