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This paper examines whether foreign aid in education has a significant effect on growth. We take into consideration the … and higher education, and run separate regressions for low income and middle income countries. We find that the effect of … flows as well as the heterogeneity of recipient countries when analyzing the effect of aid on growth …
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endogeneity problem in the aid-growth relationship. Evidence from a panel VAR model estimated on the dataset of NDHKM, suggests a …
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direct investment) on economic growth in Cameroon. Using the autoregressive distributive lag approach to cointegration and … direct investment have positive and significant impacts on economic growth in the short and long terms, while the impact of … the labour force on growth was significantly negative in both terms, a result that may be attributable to the fact that …
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Chinese aid comes with few strings attached, allowing recipient country leaders to use it for domestic political purposes. The vulnerability of Chinese aid to political capture has prompted speculation that it may be economically ineffective, or even harmful. We test these claims by estimating...
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Chinese aid comes with few strings attached, allowing recipient country leaders to use it for domestic political purposes. The vulnerability of Chinese aid to political capture has prompted speculation that it may be economically ineffective, or even harmful. We test these claims by estimating...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012033099
This paper surveys recent research on aid and growth. It also provides an overview of research on inter-recipient aid … framework should be built on a recognition that the effectiveness of aid in increasing growth, and by implication in reducing …
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literature has turned decidedly pessimistic with respect to the ability of foreign aid to foster economic growth. Policy … assesses the aid-growth literature with a focus on recent contributions. The aid-growth literature is then framed, for the … and statistically significant causal effect on growth over the long run with point estimates at levels suggested by growth …
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This paper examines the impact of foreign aid on economic growth in Sierra Leone, a country where an empirical … significant contribution in promoting economic growth in the country. This finding is found to be robust across approaches and … specifications. Whilst aid may have been associated with improvement in economic growth in the country, its impact during the period …
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This paper assesses econometrically the contribution of aid to output growth in a panel of twenty transition countries … growth. A second result is that the positive effect of aid seems to be stronger when associated with economic liberalisation … economic growth and the recent declining trend in aid commitments from industrialized countries. …
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This empirical study investigates foreign aid’s effectiveness in stimulating growth by considering economic policies … with growth in a good policy environment in Sri Lanka. Regarding determinants, in terms of trade openness and budget … positively associated with aid flow. Unrest in the country and per capita growth negatively influenced aid, whereas commercial …
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