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Size matters: The impact of aid on institutions

Bowman, Chakriya; Chand, Satish - 2007

institutions in terms of performance and policy as opposed to that flowing to larger countries, where evidence suggests that the …

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Industrial policy in practice: Africa's Presidential Investors' Advisory Councils

Page, John - 2014

Recent writing on industrial policy stresses the need for coordination between the public and private sectors. This paper examines the performance of one such coordination mechanism, Presidential Investors' Advisory Councils, in Ethiopia, Senegal, Tanzania, and Uganda. It finds that the councils...

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Institutional bypass and aid effectiveness in Africa

Chasukwa, Michael; Banik, Dan - 2019

domestic institutions and procedures. Despite widespread agreement among both donor and recipient countries on this issue, we … government institutions while channeling aid and the impact of such practices on aid effectiveness in Africa. Based on an … Project Management Units are among the mechanisms used to circumvent the involvement of national institutions. We conclude …

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Foreign influence and domestic policy: a survey

Aidt, Toke; Albornoz, Facundo; Hauk, Esther - 2019

influencing the policy choice by changing the political institutions in the target country (with or without a civil war). We …

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External Debt in Post-Conflict Countries

Alvarez-Plata, Patricia; Brück, Tilman - 2006

In the development literature, there exists no systematic study of external borrowing in post-conflict countries. We address this gap by analyzing statistical and case study evidence from three African countries. We find that many war-affected countries face rising debt arrears and deteriorating...

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Why corrupt governments may receive more foreign aid

DE LA CROIX, David; DELAVALLADE, Clara - Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), … - 2009

ﬁrst one reﬂects variations in the quality of institutions and the second encompasses variations in productivity levels …

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Systèmes de santé des pays à faible revenu : vers une révision des configurations institutionnelles ?

Meessen, Bruno; Damme, Wim Van - In: Mondes en développement 131 (2005) 3, pp. 59-73

Low-income countries face numerous challenges in the health sector. Resources currently dedicated to health services are insufficient and there is a need for an increase in the efforts from the North. Yet, a reflection on the way health systems are organised in the South is required as well. A...

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Size Matters: The Impact of Aid on Institutions

Bowman, Chakriya; Chand, Satish - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2007

institutions in terms of performance and policy as opposed to that flowing to larger countries, where evidence suggests that the …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005031739

Windfall Gains, Political Economy, and Economic Development

Dalgaard, Carl-Johan; Olsson, Ola - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2006

and indirectly. Several studies have shown that the indirect effect typically works via institutions like corruption. In … of windfalls and provide some new empirical evidence of the association between aid/natural resources and institutions in …

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Foreign in influence and domestic policy : a survey

Aidt, Toke; Albornoz, Facundo; Hauk, Esther - 2019

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