This paper contributes to the aid effectiveness debate by applying a vector autoregression model to a panel of Sub-Saharan African countries. This method avoids the need for instrumental variables and allows one to analyse the impact of foreign aid on human development and on economic...

This study assesses the development effectiveness of World Bank assistance in addressing constraints to agricultural development in Africa over the period of fiscal years 1991-2006. This Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) review of World Bank assistance to agriculture in Africa has a twofold...

Migrant remittances reached 21 billion dollars in SSA in 2008 according to the World Bank estimates. Despite these important flows, few macroeconomic studies have been conducted on this topic in SSA compared to other developing regions. The existing studies on the impact of remittances in SSA...

The situation of the 49 countries of sub-Saharan Africa has become even more varied in the past few years. The changes are highly relevant to aid (official development assistance/ODA) and other forms of development financing. The question is what contribution aid can make in the future in an...

This study uses the Generalized Method of Moments (GMM) technique to determine the impact of Official Development Assistance (ODA) on trade balance of Sub-Saharan African countries, using annual data for the period 1980-2007. The result shows that ODA has positive effect on import and negative...