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Journal Article

Aid Impact and Effectiveness: Introduction and Overview

Part of Journal Special Issue Aid Impact and Effectiveness

Donors Fragile states Climate change

Blog

The vital role of aid in development

by Rachel M. Gisselquist, Sam Jones
June 2019

The UNU-WIDER research programme on foreign aid ( ReCom ) began in 2010, in a period of strong aid scepticism. Dambisa Moyo’s well-known book, Dead Aid (2009), is just one example...

Aid effectiveness Aid policy Conflict management

Policy Brief

Aid for governance: How to support effective, accountable, and inclusive institutions for sustainable development? Economic assistance and foreign aid Education Planning

Journal Article

What Is the Aggregate Economic Rate of Return to Foreign Aid?

In recent years, academic studies have been converging towards the view that foreign aid promotes aggregate economic growth...

Economic assistance and foreign aid Economic development Simulation methods (Economics)

Blog

Will Norway’s model of Sovereign Wealth Fund work in Tanzania?: A reality check

by Alan R. Roe
May 2016

Several countries in Africa – including Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Tanzania, and Uganda - have recently discovered large oil and gas or other mineral resources...

Economic assistance and foreign aid Fiscal policy Mineral industries

by Finn Tarp
March 2016

International Women’s Day on 8th March 2016 is a time to celebrate. It is also a time for reflection...

Economic assistance and foreign aid Equality and inequality Women

Journal Article

Gender Inequality, Female Leadership and Aid Allocation: A Panel Analysis of Aid for Education

Part of Journal Special Issue Aid for Gender Equality and Development

Economic assistance and foreign aid Education Women

Journal Special Issue

Aid, Education Policy, and Development

The studies of this Special Issue aim to address the general question of how aid can better support the collective actions that seek to improve education systems in developing countries...

Economic assistance and foreign aid Economic policy Sustainable development