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The questionable economics of development assistance in Africa: hot-fresh evidence, 1996-2010

Asongu, Simplice - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014

as a sustainable cure to poverty in Africa. Though the stated intents or purposes of aid are socio-economic, the actual …

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On taxation, political accountability and foreign aid: empirics to a celebrated literature

Asongu, Simplice A - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014

academic and policy-making debates. Eubank has warned that his findings should not be generalized across Africa until they are …

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On the channels of foreign aid to corruption

Asongu, Asongu Simplice; Jellal, Mohamed - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2013

The debate by Okada & Samreth (2012, EL) and Asongu (2012, EB; 2013, EEL) on ‘the effect of foreign aid on corruption’ in its current state has the shortcoming of modeling corruption as a direct effect of development assistance. This note extends the debate by assessing the channels of foreign...

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Consult your gods: the questionable economics of development assistance in Africa

Asongu, Asongu Simplice - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2013

as a sustainable cure to poverty in Africa. Though the stated intents or purposes of aid are socio-economic, the actual …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010693304

On the effectiveness of foreign aid in institutional quality

Asongu, Asongu Simplice - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2013

We extend the Okada & Samreth (2012, EL) and Asongu (2012, EB) debate on ‘the effect of foreign aid on corruption’ by: not partially negating the former’s methodological underpinning (as in the latter’s approach) with a unifying empirical framework and; broadening the horizon of inquiry...

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On the effect of foreign aid on corruption

Asongu, Asongu Simplice - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2012

& Samreth(2012, EL) finding for developing countries may not be relevant for Africa. …

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The political economy of development assistance: peril to government quality dynamics in Africa

Asongu, Asongu Simplice - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2012

This paper assesses the effectiveness of foreign aid in improving government institutions in 52 African countries using updated data (1996-2010). Findings suggest development assistance deteriorates government quality dynamics of corruption-control, political-stability, rule of law, regulation...

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Institutional benchmarking of foreign aid effectiveness in Africa

Asongu, Asongu Simplice - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2012

Africa. (2) But for a thin exception (democracy), foreign-aid is more negatively correlated with countries of higher …

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On the channels of foreign aid to corruption

Asongu, Simplice A; Jellal, Mohamed - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

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Development thresholds of foreign aid effectiveness in Africa

Simplice A, Asongu - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

are necessary for the effectiveness of foreign-aid in Africa. Design/methodology/approach – The panel quantile regression …-economic prosperity nexus are unlikely to succeed in Africa; thus policy measures should be contingent on prevailing levels of economic …

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