out of a development trap. …

Education as a tool in the fight against corruption has been subject to much debate in academic and policy making … learning and synergy effects. Four main findings are established. First, education is a powerful tool in the fight against … corruption. Second, there is evidence of an incremental effect in the transition from secondary to tertiary education. Third …

conditions for sustained economic growth and development by deepening democracy, enhancing the stability of political regimes and …

' in its current state has the shortcoming of modeling corruption as a direct effect of development assistance. This note …’s consumption expenditure increases corruption. (2) Development assistance channeled via private investment and tax effort decreases …

institutional quality such that, the institutional downside of development assistance maybe questionable when greater domestic … institutional development has taken place. Based on the hypothesis of institutional thresholds for foreign aid effectiveness, the … perilous character of development assistance to institutional quality is broadly confirmed in 53 African countries for the …

This paper assesses the aid-development nexus in 52 African countries using updated data (1996-2010) and a new … indicator of human development (adjusted for inequality). The effects of Total Net Official Development Assistance (NODA), NODA … from the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) and NODA from Multilateral donors on economic prosperity (at national and …

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to assess the aid-development nexus in 52 African countries using updated data … (1996-2010) and a new indicator of human development(adjusted for inequality). Design/methodology/approach - The estimation … that development assistance is detrimental to GDP growth, GDP per capita growth and inequality adjusted human development …

academic debates. This paper partially negates their criticism of the mainstream approach to the aid-development nexus. Using … updated data(1996-2010) from 52 African countries we provide robust evidence of a positive aid-corruption nexus. Development …

This paper integrates two main strands of the aid-development nexus in assessing whether institutional thresholds … matter in the effectiveness of foreign aid on institutional development in 53 African countries over the period 1996 … greater domestic institutional development has taken place. The reverse is true instead. Government quality benefits of …