policy. This paper reviews the current evidence regarding the impact of aid on growth and poverty reduction, and develops a … concludes that aid broadly works, that poverty would be higher in the absence of aid, and that the shortfall in aid during the …-up in aid and other development finance flows is now necessary if poverty is to be substantially reduced by 2015 …

policy. This paper reviews the current evidence regarding the impact of aid on growth and poverty reduction, and develops a …-WIDER) study for the United Nations (UN) General Assembly. The paper concludes that aid broadly works, that poverty would be higher … necessary if poverty is to be substantially reduced by 2015 …