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effectiveness. For this purpose we examine a commonly used empirical growth model, considering different measures of fiscal …
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This paper examines whether the federal structure of aid-receiving countries matters in explaining aid effectiveness. Following the decentralization theorem, the devolution of powers should increase aid effectiveness, since local decision-makers are better informed about local needs. At the same...
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Lack of access to finance is often cited as a key reason why poor people remain poor. This paper uses data on the Indian rural branch expansion program to provide empirial evidence on this issue. Between 1977 and 1990, the Indian Central Bank mandated that a commercial bank can open a branch in...
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as a fundamental source of economic growth. An international market to trade the knowledge needs to be further developed. …
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We develop a model in which public capital is both an engine of growth and a determinant of the distributions of wealth … generates a positive correlation between growth and income inequality along the transition path, but their short-run and long …
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economic growth, this study examines empirically the key channels through which fiscal policy impacts economic growth in the … debt financing, governance, efficiency of spending, mixture of taxes can have a significant impact on growth. …
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This paper examines whether the federal structure of aid-receiving countries matters in explaining aid effectiveness. Following the decentralization theorem, the devolution of powers should increase aid effectiveness, since local decision-makers are better informed about local needs. At the same...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010300603
effectiveness. For this purpose we examine a commonly used empirical growth model, considering different measures of fiscal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010305466
Controversy over the aggregate impact of foreign aid has focused on reduced form estimates of the aid-growth link. The … causal chain, through which aid affects developmental outcomes including growth, has received much less attention. We address … impacts on growth through key intermediate outcomes. A coherent picture emerges: aid stimulates growth and reduces poverty …
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This paper confirms recent evidence of a positive impact of aid on growth and widens the scope of evaluation to a range … of outcomes including proximate sources of growth (e.g., physical and human capital), indicators of social welfare (e … coherent and favorable pattern of results emerges. Aid has over the past forty years stimulated growth, promoted structural …
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