This paper summarises research on aid allocation and effectiveness, highlighting the current findings of recent … research on aid allocation to fragile states. Fragile states are defined by the donor community as those with either critically … of research and analysis on how aid should and is being allocated across all developing countries. Various aid allocation …

Cross?country econometric studies of aid effectiveness are numerous and often criticized. Relying on results of those … which seem the most relevant and robust, this paper argues that aid is leading to poverty reduction, in particular in … vulnerable countries. It examines the main methodological challenges faced by these studies, related to the definition aid, to …

Cross-country econometric studies of aid effectiveness are numerous and often criticized. Relying on results of those … which seem the most relevant and robust, this paper argues that aid is leading to poverty reduction, in particular in … vulnerable countries. It examines the main methodological challenges faced by these studies, related to the definition aid, to …

and/or monetary stimuli to foster economic growth and thus, maximize the probability of re-election. Using a panel dataset …

Wright (2008) investigates how the impact of foreign aid on GDP growth in dictatorships depends on the dictator’s time … aid on growth for dictators with long time horizons and a strong negative impact for dictators with short time horizons … observations, aid has no effect in long time horizon dictatorships but continues to have a negative impact in short time horizon …

. As a by-product of his investigation we also produce evidence on the growth performance of the area. We find a tendency …

effect of aid on growth. We show, with Roodman’s data and code, that his altered specifications have very low power to … al. (2012) or, more generally, about the effect of aid on growth. … regression specifications in that paper by adding twice-lagged aid, after which he cannot reject the null hypothesis of a zero …

-country analysis fails to find any significant link between aid flows and growth, and that aid is successful only when associated with … paper, we offer a re-examination of the literature on the aid-savings, aid-investment, and aid growth relationships, and a … coherent and positive picture of the aid-growth link emerges. Aid works, even in countries hampered by an unfavorable policy …

utility by in-kind aid, which also lowers fertility and augments economic growth. …This paper considers the effects of humanitarian aid on economic welfare through a demographic transition channel. We … monetary humanitarian aid on economic welfare. We conclude that if parents strongly value children, giving monetary aid …