This study uses the Generalized Method of Moments (GMM) technique to determine the impact of Official Development Assistance (ODA) on trade balance of Sub-Saharan African countries, using annual data for the period 1980-2007. The result shows that ODA has positive effect on import and negative...

A great deal of the foreign aid-growth literature finds that the net effect of aggregate aid on total growth appears to be insignificant. This study argues that this aid-growth nexus can be better explained by testing the variation responses for each of growth sectors to their corresponding...

Generating sustained growth in Sub-Saharan Africa is one of the most pressing challenges in global development. As the region needs foreign assistance to jump start its development, foreign aid becomes crucial. However, aid booms can also lead to exchange rate overvaluation curtailing exports...

The question of whether remittances and foreign aid at the macro level impact private consumption in SSA has been explored in this study. Twenty-nine (29) SSA countries were sampled for the study from 2002 to 2017. The System Generalized Method of Moment (SGMM) estimator was applied in the study...

One of the key economic development challenges facing Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is its low agricultural productivity. Governments, donors, and foreign investors have underinvested in African agriculture even though research evidence shows that higher agricultural productivity would boost economic...

In this paper, I focus on the effectiveness of Chinese developmental aid in Sub-Saharan Africa and further explore under what conditions can Chinese developmental aid work effectively. The finding suggests that Chinese ODA fuels economic growth. Chinese development aid works effectively in...

Africa is the world`s most aided major region. Yet economic growth has been disappointingly low there. A number of factors explain the poor outcomes and limited sustainability of and in Africa. But the organisation and management of the aid relationship is a particularly important one, including...

The target of official development assistance (ODA) is generally focused on international poverty reduction, and the latest performance of aid in reducing income poverty deserves attention. This paper matches data from 24 sub-Saharan African countries to test the poverty reduction effects of aid...

This article uses spatial analytical skills to investigate aid effectiveness and aid spillovers at the sub-national level in Sub-Saharan Africa over the period 1995-2013. The previous literature examines aid-growth relationship and gets mixed results. One reason of the conflicting conclusions is...