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Non-traditional aid and gender equity : evidence from million dollar donations
Osili, Una Okonkwo - 2013
importance for official development assistance. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009782078
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Non-traditional aid and gender equity: Evidence from million dollar donations
Osili, Una Okonkwo - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2013
This paper investigates the role of non-traditional aid in meeting global challenges in improving gender equality and gender-related socioeconomic needs in the twenty-first century. We define non-traditional aid as private donations from individuals, foun
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010757080
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Donations to US based NGOs in international development cooperation : how (un-)informed are private donors?
Nunnenkamp, Peter; Öhler, Hannes - 2011
targeted use of NGO funds in international development cooperation. We assess the determinants of private donations across a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010346420
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On the dynamic effects of foreign aid on corruption
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2015
We assemble more pieces on the puzzle of the aid-corruption nexus. In essence, we extend the debate on the effect of foreign aid on corruption by providing evidence on dynamic effects of wealth, legal origin, religious-domination, regional proximity, openness to sea, natural resources and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011408498
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Foreign aid and governance in Africa
Asongu, Simplice A.; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2014
that development assistance deteriorates economic (regulation quality and government effectiveness) and institutional …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011409152
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Foreign aid, investment and fiscal policy behavior : theory and empirical evidence
Asongu, Simplice A.; Jellal, Mohammed - 2014
The paper provides theoretical and empirical justifications for the instrumentality of foreign aid in stimulating private investment and fixed capital formation through fiscal policy mechanisms. We propose an endogenous growth theory based on an extension of Barro (1990) by postulating that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011409169
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A brief clarification to the questionable economics of foreign aid for inclusive human development
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2014
The study clarifies the questionable economics of foreign aid for inclusive human development. It investigates the … effect of a plethora of foreign aid dynamics on the inequality adjusted human development index. Contemporary and non … the post-2015 development agenda. We also provide some recommendations for a rethinking of theories and models on which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011409176
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Foreign aid and corruption : clarifying murky empirical conclusions
Efobi, Uchenna Rapuluchukwu; Beecroft, Ibukun; Asongu, … - 2014
that both narratives in the debate are correct, contingent on the type of development assistance. The QR results are robust …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011409208
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Taxation, foreign aid and political governance : figures to the facts of a celebrated literature
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2014
This paper puts figures to the facts of Eubank (2012), a recently celebrated paper in the Journal of Development … dataset is disaggregated into fundamental characteristics of African development based on income-levels, legal origins … law countries of the continent, we cannot conclude on its validity for other fundamental characteristics of development …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011409237
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The questionable economics of development assistance in Africa : hot-fresh evidence, 1996 - 2010
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2014
This paper assesses the aid-development nexus in 52 African countries using updated data (1996-2010) and a new … indicator of human development (adjusted for inequality). The effects of Total Net Official Development Assistance (NODA), NODA … from the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) and NODA from Multilateral donors on economic prosperity (at national and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011409239