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Decentralizing aid with interested parties

Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2006

This paper analyses the decentralization of decisionmaking in aid-giving in a theoretical rent-seeking framework. In this analysis the root donor establishes a necessary criterion for potential recipients: good governance. The potential recipients compete in hierarchal contests for funds. The...

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Enhancing effective utilization of aid in fragile states

Gupta, Sanjeev - 2008

This paper explores the macroeconomic implications of aid flows in countries with weak institutions. It argues that these countries should take into account their overall macroeconomic position, their capacity to absorb aid at the sectoral and subnational levels, and the strength of their fiscal...

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Size matters: The impact of aid on institutions

Bowman, Chakriya; Chand, Satish - 2007

This paper proposes that aid flowing to smaller (less populous) countries has a negative impact on the quality of institutions in terms of performance and policy as opposed to that flowing to larger countries, where evidence suggests that the impacts are positive. The analysis here suggests that...

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Aid effectiveness, debt relief and public finance response: Evidence from a panel of HIPCs

Cassimon, Danny; Van Campenhout, Bjorn - 2007

Substantial amounts of debt relief have been granted to a set of low-income countries, as an alternative aid modality. Although the theoretical case for debt relief is firmly established, only empirical analysis can show whether debt relief is indeed a (more) effective mode of aid delivery. We...

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The Political Economy of Project Preparation : An Empirical Analysis of World Bank Projects

Kilby, Christopher - 2011

examine factors that affect how quickly World Bank projects proceed from identification to approval, i.e., how long it takes … to prepare a project. Accelerated preparation is one explanation for how the World Bank might increase the number of … donor countries on important UN votes or while that country occupies an elected seat on the UN Security Council or the World …

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The Political Economy of Project Preparation : An Empirical Analysis of World Bank Projects

Kilby, Christopher - 2011

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Financing for refugee situations

OECD - 2019

Forced displacement, including refugee flows, is a global phenomenon. As of 2018, 26 million people were refugees. Financing from the international community makes a significant contribution to supporting refugees and host communities. But in order to meet those needs effectively and...

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The effect of foreign aid on migration : global micro evidence from world bank projects

Fuchs, Andreas; Gröger, André; Heidland, Tobias; … - 2023

term. We combine newly geocoded data on World Bank aid project allocation at the subnational level over the period 2008 …--2019 with exceptionally rich survey data from a sample of almost one million individuals across the entire developing world and … show that in the short term (after the announcement of a World Bank project and within two years after project disbursement …

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Aid and Growth at the Regional Level

Dreher, Axel - 2015

large to measurably affect aggregate outcomes. Using geocoded data for World Bank aid to a maximum of 2,221 first …

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The political economy of multilateral aid funds

Simon, Jenny; Valasek, Justin - 2016

In 2014 over $60 billion was mobilized to help developing nations mitigate climate change, an amount equivalent to the GDP of Kenya. Interestingly, breaking from the traditional model of bilateral aid, donor countries distributed nearly fifty percent of their aid through multilateral aid funds...

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