Aid effectiveness
- Modelling aid effectiveness in generating growth
- C. Dalgaard; H. Hansen; F. Tarp / Centre for Research in Economic Development and International Trade, Nottingham, 2002
- Looks at three issues in the aid effectiveness debate: the theoretical case for foreign aid. Using an endogenous growth version of the standard overlapping generations model, we show that aid can be an effective policy ...
- UN must further rethink its traditional modes of intervention to successfully promote democracy
- C. Santiso / Paul H Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, USA, 2001
- This paper assesses the scope and significance of the new development agenda endorsed by UNDP and attempts to gauge the promises and dilemmas of its efforts to consolidate peace by promoting democracy and strengthening good governance...
- What is the relationship between aid and growth?
- P. Collier; J. Dehn / World Bank, 2001
- This article analyses the relationship between aid and growth. The analysis finds that the better a country ' s policies, the more effective aid is in raising growth in that country. The article finds that: extreme nega...
- Aid, external debt and economic growth
- H. Hansen / WIDER Development Conference on Debt Relief, 2001
- The purpose of the present paper is to take a closer look at the impact of aid and external debt on economic growth in developing countries from the mid-1970s to 1993. The paper is organised around a collection of tables presenting th...
- Aid, conditionality and debt in Africa
- R. Kanbur / Department of Economics [Cornell University], 2000
- This paper presents a diagnosis of the current dysfunctionalities of the aid, conditionality and debt regime in Africa. It is argued that the key feature of the current system is that of aid dependence, which is characterized as an un...
- When aid did promote policy reform
- T. Lloyd; O. Morrissey; R. Osei / Centre for Research in Economic Development and International Trade, Nottingham, 2001
- A number of recent cross-country studies have revitalised the debate on the effectiveness of aid. While there is mounting evidence that aid does contribute to growth, there is some dispute as to whether good policy is a necessary cond...
- Constructing successful aid & development strategies
- F. Tarp; P. Hjertholm / Development Economic Research Group, Denmark, 2000
- This book is concerned with the role and effectiveness of foreign aid in development. The papers in this volume approach aid from a variety of perspectives, attempting to address the complexity of the aid-development nexus in both the...
- Governance and the returns to investment : an empirical investigation
- Jonathan Isham; Daniel Kaufmann; Lant H. Pritchett / Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1995
- There is a strong statistical link between a country's civil liberties and the performance of its aid financed government investment projects. But type of political regime (whether authoritarian or democratic) and the status of more p...
- Influencing the World Bank - a civil society advocacy tool
- Bank Information Center, 2007
- As one of the largest public development institutions in the world, the World Bank Group (WBG) has an enormous impact on the lives and livelihoods of millions of people in developing and transition countries across the globe. [adapted...
- Uncertainty of Aid Inflows and the Aid-Growth Relationship
- R. Lensink; O. Morrissey / Centre for Research in Economic Development and International Trade, Nottingham, 1999
- Argues that it is not the level of aid flows per se but the stability of such flows that determines the impact of aid on economic growth. Three measures of aid instability are employed. One is a simple deviation from trend, and measur...
- Aid, conditionality and debt in Africa
- R. Kanbur / Department of Economics [Cornell University], 2000
- This paper presents a diagnosis of the current dysfunctionalities of the aid, conditionality and debt regime in Africa. It is argued that the key feature of the current system is that of aid dependence, which is characterized as an un...
- When aid did promote policy reform
- T. Lloyd; O. Morrissey; R. Osei / Centre for Research in Economic Development and International Trade, Nottingham, 2001
- A number of recent cross-country studies have revitalised the debate on the effectiveness of aid. While there is mounting evidence that aid does contribute to growth, there is some dispute as to whether good policy is a necessary cond...
- Constructing successful aid & development strategies
- F. Tarp; P. Hjertholm / Development Economic Research Group, Denmark, 2000
- This book is concerned with the role and effectiveness of foreign aid in development. The papers in this volume approach aid from a variety of perspectives, attempting to address the complexity of the aid-development nexus in both the...
- Governance and the returns to investment : an empirical investigation
- Jonathan Isham; Daniel Kaufmann; Lant H. Pritchett / Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1995
- There is a strong statistical link between a country's civil liberties and the performance of its aid financed government investment projects. But type of political regime (whether authoritarian or democratic) and the status of more p...
- Influencing the World Bank - a civil society advocacy tool
- Bank Information Center, 2007
- As one of the largest public development institutions in the world, the World Bank Group (WBG) has an enormous impact on the lives and livelihoods of millions of people in developing and transition countries across the globe. [adapted...
- Uncertainty of Aid Inflows and the Aid-Growth Relationship
- R. Lensink; O. Morrissey / Centre for Research in Economic Development and International Trade, Nottingham, 1999
- Argues that it is not the level of aid flows per se but the stability of such flows that determines the impact of aid on economic growth. Three measures of aid instability are employed. One is a simple deviation from trend, and measur...
- Aid effectiveness: a survey of the recent rmpirical literature
- Tsidi Tsikata / Papers on Policy Analysis and Assessment, IMF, 1998
- The preponderance of evidence from the empirical literature on aid effectiveness suggests that development aid has not had a significant impact on growth in recipient countries. However there is some evidence that aid has had positive...
- How can aid be used most efficiently?
- S. Wangwe / Economic and Social Research Foundation, Tanzania, 1997
- The paper analyzed foreign aid management in Tanzania. The paper used secondary information and qualitative data from various research studies, Government institutions and NGO’s. Among others the paper has examined trends ...
- Comparative Effectiveness and the Evaluation Efforts of EU Donors
- P. Hoebink / Forum on Europe's International Cooperation, 1995
- There are many factors that influence aid effectiveness. They range from policies of the aid-receiving country to donor motives and bureaucratic procedures. Foreign aid is probably the most evaluated branch of government in EU member ...
- When is foreign aid policy credible? : aid dependence and conditionality
- Jakob Svensson / Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1997
- Disbursements of foreign aid are guided (in part) by the needs of the poor. Anticipating this, recipients have little incentive to improve the welfare of the poor. The welfare of all parties might be improved by tied project aid and b...
- Publish What You Fund
- Publish What You Fund campaigns for aid transparency – more and better information about aid. It urges donors to disclose their aid information regularly and promptly, and in a standardised format that will be comparable with other countries and accessible to all. It supports greater disclosure of aid information in line with the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) Standar...
- Tiri
- Tiri is an independent non-governmental organisation that works with governments, business and civil society in an attempt to find practical solutions to making integrity work. They assert that improvements in integrity offer perhaps the single largest opportunity for sustainable and equitable development worldwide.
- Governance and Social Development Resource Centre: Enhancing Aid Effectiveness
- The Governance and Social Development Resource Centre provides a section on 'Enhancing Aid Effectiveness'. Their resources discuss whether aid effectiveness strategies are relevant in fragile states and seeks to establish best practice for aid provision in difficult environments.
- CSO Parallel Process to the Ghana High Level Forum Network
Network of CSOs working to influence the aid architecture and aid effectiveness agenda
