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The Long-Run Impact of Foreign Aid in 36 African Countries: Insights from Multivariate Time Series Analysis

The authors comprehensively analyse the long-run effect of foreign aid (ODA) on key macroeconomic variables in 36 sub-Saharan African countries from the mid-1960s to 2007, using a well-specified co-integrated VAR model as statistical benchmark...

Economic assistance and foreign aid Econometric models (Macroeconomics) Statistical hypothesis testing
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Aid Effectiveness in 36 African Countries

The question of whether aid is effective in promoting growth is a controversial one...

Econometric models (Economic development) Economic assistance and foreign aid Statistical hypothesis testing
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On Aid and Growth: Reflections ahead of Busan

Finn Tarp This is the first in a series of articles that Angle will be running before and after the 4 th High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Busan, organized by the Republic of Korea and the OECD (29 November to 1 December 2011)...

Econometric models (Economic development) Economic assistance and foreign aid Economic growth
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Perspectives for Busan: From ReCom

Tony Addison, Lucy Scott, and Annett Victorero Aid effectiveness was a recurrent theme during the UNU-WIDER conference on ‘Foreign Aid: Research and Communication’ (ReCom), held in October in Helsinki...

Econometric models (Economic development) Cost effectiveness Economic assistance and foreign aid
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The Long-Run Impact of Foreign Aid in 36 African Countries: Insights from Multivariate Time Series Analysis

Studies of aid effectiveness abound in the literature, often with opposing conclusions...

Economic assistance and foreign aid Econometric models (Macroeconomics) Statistical hypothesis testing
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Related Empirical Evidence

From the book: Poverty and Undernutrition

Malnutrition Statistical hypothesis testing
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Undernutrition: The FAO Estimates

From the book: Poverty and Undernutrition

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