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The determinants of selection and allocation decisions for health assistance : which role do health indicators play?

Stepping, Katharina - 2012

This paper analyzes the selection and allocation decisions of major and like-minded bilateral donors as regards development assistance for health for the period of 1990 till 2007. The central question is to what extent health indicators, reflecting the health objectives stated in the Millennium...

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Do poor health conditions lead to higher allocation of development assistance?

Stepping, Katharina - 2012

This paper analyzes the targeting of development assistance for health across countries in a multivariate regression framework, based on data from 22 bilateral donors to 160 recipients between 1990 and 2007. Donor characteristics, recipient characteristics and the donor-recipient-relationship...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009552173

Aid, governance, and private foreign investment : some puzzling findings and a possible explanation

Harms, Philipp; Lutz, Matthias G. - 2003

Does official aid pave the road for private foreign investment or does it suffocate private initiative by diverting resources towards unproductive activities? In this paper we explore this question using data for a large number of developing and emerging economies. Controlling for countries'...

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Aid and growth : new evidence using an excludable instrument

Dreher, Axel; Langlotz, Sarah - 2015

We use an excludable instrument to test the effect of foreign aid on economic growth in a sample of 96 recipient … and excludable instrument. Making use of the instrument, our results show no significant effect of aid on growth in the … (where abundant aid reduces growth), we find no significant effect of aid on growth in any of these sub-samples. None of the …

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What drives donor funding in population assistance programs?

Dalen, Hendrik P. van; Reuser, Mieke - 2005

The 1994 International Conference of Population and Development (ICPD) established goals for the expansion of population assistance. This global effort has so far not sufficiently been supported by donor funds. Dynamic panel estimation methods are used to see what lies behind the sharing of...

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Who carries the burden of reproductive health and AIDS programs? : evidence from OECD donor countries

Dalen, Hendrik P. van - 2005

This paper tries to establish who carries the burden in supporting reproductive health and AIDS programs worldwide. The 1994 International Conference of Population and Development (ICPD) in Cairo established goals for the expansion of assistance in matters of reproductive health and AIDS. This...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011348349

Aid, social policy, and development

Addison, Tony; Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel; Tarp, Finn - 2015

This paper discusses past and current social policy strategies in the international aid architecture. From the 1990s, aid strategy and policy shifted to put a stronger emphasis on human development. This accelerated with the Millennium Development Goals and will continue under the Sustainable...

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Geopolitics, aid and growth

Dreher, Axel; Eichenauer, Vera; Gehring, Kai - 2013

investigate whether geopolitical motives matter by testing whether the effect of aid on economic growth is reduced by the share of … provides quasi-random variation in commitments. Our results show that the effect of aid on growth is significantly lower when … reduces growth. Second, political interest variables are invalid instruments for aid, raising doubts about a large number of …

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Aid for agriculture and rural development in the global south : a changing landscape with new players and challenges

Chimhowu, Admos - 2013

This paper analyses the way aid for agriculture and rural development in the global south has changed over time. It finds three key shifts. First, a change in funding priority that has seen aid commitments move to the social sectors. Second is a shift in priority within agriculture and rural...

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Does inclusion Guarantee institutional autonomy? : the case of the Inter-American Development Bank

Hernandez, Diego - 2013

Discontent with the substantial influence of major global players in International Financial Institutions (IFIs) has raised a call to restructure these organizations. Greater involvement of borrowing members in lending decisions has been proposed in order to limit the exposure of development...

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