FDI and various governance indicators (rule of law, control of corruption, regulatory quality, governance effectiveness … various governance dynamics on inclusive growth in SSA. We do this by testing two hypotheses first, whether unconditionally …, political stability, and voice and accountability) foster inclusive growth in SSA; and second, whether these governance dynamics …

One of the key economic development challenges facing Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is its low agricultural productivity … development, credit, institutional, and trade and price stabilization policies. We use the system two-step Generalized Method of … Moments to examine whether official development assistance (ODA) for agriculture and rural development is helping to boost …

A core result of the aid allocation literature is that the quality of governance in recipient countries does not affect … through different channels and considering different dimensions of governance, we provide evidence that bypassing governments …

' 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 …The debate by Okada & Samreth (2012, EL) and Asongu (2012, EB; 2013, EEL) on 'the effect of foreign aid on corruption …

updated data(1996-2010) from 52 African countries we provide robust evidence of a positive aid-corruption nexus. Development …The Okada & Samreth(2012, EL) finding that aid deters corruption could have an important influence on policy and … academic debates. This paper partially negates their criticism of the mainstream approach to the aid-development nexus. Using …

This note reconciles an on-going debate on the effect of foreign aid on corruption by introducing a previously missing … that both narratives in the debate are correct, contingent on the type of development assistance. The QR results are robust …