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Remittance Concentration and Volatility : Evidence from 72 Developing Countries

Hosny, Amr - 2020

remittances. Specifically, using data over 2010-2015 for 72 developing countries, we study the impact of (i) large remittances and … (ii) the geographic concentration of the source of remittances on economic volatilities. Results suggest that while (i …) large remittances can be stabilizing on average, (ii) high remittance concentration from source countries can aggravate …

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Hyperinflation in Zimbabwe : Money Demand, Seigniorage and Aid Shocks

McIndoe Calder, Tara - 2010

Zimbabwe has recently experienced record hyperinflation of 80 billion percent a month. This paper uses new data from Zimbabwe to investigate money demand under hyperinflation using an ARDL estimation for the period 1980-2008. The results produce plausible convergence rates and long- run...

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Development aid and export resilience in developing countries : a reference to aid for trade

Gnangnon, Sèna Kimm - In: Economies : open access journal 10 (2022) 7, pp. 1-31

The COVID-19 pandemic, as with previous major crises, such as the 2008 financial crisis, has had a severe negative impact on international trade flows. The present paper aims to contribute to the debate concerning how to foster resilience against future crises, in terms of countries' aggregate...

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Aid, volatility and growth again : when aid volatility matters and when it does not

Chauvet, Lisa (contributor); … - 2008

In previous papers we have argued that aid is likely to mitigate the negative effects of external shocks on economic growth (i.e., aid is more effective in countries that are more vulnerable to external shocks). Recently an important debate has emerged about the possible negative effects of aid...

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Does aid mitigate external shocks?

Collier, Paul; Goderis, Benedikt - 2008

exchange rate flexibility are partly substitutes. We investigate whether aid has historically been targeted at shock …

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Foreign Aid, Domestic Income and International Shocks : The Case of African Countries

Assoumou-Ella, Giscard - 2017

This study measures the effects of international income, price and monetary shocks on income in 13 African countries through the Foreign Aid channel between 1970 and 2007, using a SVAR Model. We develop theoretical and empirical models that characterize these exposures. The results confirm that...

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Exogenous Shocks, Excessive Indebtedness and Dependence on Official Development Assistance : What Levers to Prevent Recession and Create Value in the West African Economic and Mone...

Kouakou, Auguste K.; Koui, Alain M. - 2023

The study of the effects of exogenous shocks on the creation of added value aimed at showing the impact of those shocks on the gross domestic product as well as the effect of debt and public aid used by some governments as a solution to the effects of exogenous shocks. The study revealed a...

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The effectiveness of foreign aid to women's equality organizations in the MENA : does aid promote women's political participation?

Baliamoune-Lutz, Mina - 2013

In this paper, we address the question of whether official development assistance promotes gender equality in the Middle East and North Africa region by examining the effects of aid to Women's Equality Organizations and Institutions on women's political empowerment, measured by the proportion of...

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First impressions : how leader changes affect bilateral aid

Rommel, Tobias; Schaudt, Paul - 2016

We present a new mechanism to explain politically induced changes in bilateral aid. We argue that shifts in the foreign policy alignment between a donor and a recipient country arising from leadership changes induce reallocation of development aid. Utilizing data from the G7 and 133 developing...

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Chapter 26 The economics of international aid

Kanbur, Ravi - In: Handbook of the economics of giving, altruism and …, (pp. 1559-1588). 2006

This paper presents an overview of the economics of international aid, highlighting the historical literature and the contemporary debates. It reviews the “trade-theoretic” and the “contract-theoretic” analytical literature, and the empirical and institutional literature. It demonstrates...

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