Recent theoretical literature suggests that aid, geography, and resource endowments affect diversification of exports … African countries. The evidence suggests that aid, the quality of infrastructure, and resource endowments are robust … determinants of diversification in Africa. It also suggests that there is no systematic relationship between geography and …

Several authors are of the view that aid, geography, education and resource endowments affect export diversification in … Africa. This paper examined the association between these variables. It found that an increase in aid or geographic distance … from markets is associated with less diversification. It also found that there is no co-movement between diversification …

This paper analyses macroeconomic aspects of exit from aid-dependence. By 'exit from aid', we mean substantial and … similar and very high degrees of dependence on international aid but followed dramatically different trajectories of aid …. We find that the likelihood of exit from aid increases significantly with macroeconomic stability in the sense of …

Recent theoretical literature suggests that aid, geography, and resource endowments affect diversification of exports … African countries. The evidence suggests that aid, the quality of infrastructure, and resource endowments are robust … determinants of diversification in Africa. It also suggests that there is no systematic relationship between geography and …

Recent theoretical literature suggests that aid, geography, and resource endowments affect diversification of exports … African countries. The evidence suggests that aid, the quality of infrastructure, and resource endowments are robust … determinants of diversification in Africa. It also suggests that there is no systematic relationship between geography and …

responsiveness of employment to growth. The role of development aid in this context is problematic. Across Africa more aid went to … countries with a low employment intensity of growth. The paper proposes a new approach to aid and poverty in Africa, one that …Growth and poverty reduction in Africa are weakly linked. This paper argues that the reason is that Africa has failed …

responsiveness of employment to growth. The role of development aid in this context is problematic. Across Africa more aid went to … countries with a low employment intensity of growth. The paper proposes a new approach to aid and poverty in Africa, one that …Growth and poverty reduction in Africa are weakly linked. This paper argues that the reason is that Africa has failed …

The current postcrisis environment—and fragile economic recovery—increases the importance of aid for trade. Global … rebalancing and tightened fiscal budgets in the short to medium term also place renewed emphasis on aid effectiveness. This note … identifies four options to enhance the effectiveness of the multilateral aid for trade initiative: (i) expanding market access …

The paper surveys the interactions between aid and trade, distinguishing between policies and outcomes as well as … between various instruments. It first discusses the theoretical literature, focusing on the causal impact of aid on the …