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Aid, education policy, and developmentPart of Journal Special Issue Aid, Education Policy, and Development
Economic assistance and foreign aid Economic policy Sustainable developmentJournal Article
Does foreign aid harm political institutions?The notion that foreign aid harms the institutions of recipient governments remains prevalent. We combine new disaggregated aid data and various metrics of political institutions to re-examine this relationship...
Economic assistance and foreign aidBlog
Building on success in development aidIn academic discourse, it has become almost ritualistic to begin a piece on foreign aid by highlighting the sharp controversies over its effectiveness as a tool to promote social and economic progress in developing countries...
Economic assistance and foreign aid Economic developmentWorking Paper
Aid, education policy, and developmentThis paper discusses the recent history of education aid policy. It highlights an important shift in policy thinking in the international aid architecture that has dominated the global education aid agenda since the early 1990s...
Economic assistance and foreign aid Economic development EducationWorking Paper
China’s international development finance: Past, present, and futureChina is emerging as perhaps the most globally significant development finance provider, going far beyond concessional foreign aid...
Economic assistance and foreign aid FinanceJournal Article
How to Assess the Effectiveness of Development Aid Projects: Evaluation Ratings versus Project IndicatorsPart of Journal Special Issue Aid, Social Policy and Development
Economic assistance and foreign aid WaterJournal Article
Impact of Aid and Public Spending—A Macro–micro FrameworkPart of Journal Special Issue Aid, Social Policy and Development
Economic assistance and foreign aid Millennium Development GoalsJournal Article
Innovative Delivery Mechanisms: Australian Aid Partnership with Churches in Papua New GuineaPart of Journal Special Issue Aid, Social Policy and Development
Economic assistance and foreign aid ReligionJournal Article
Brazilian South–South Development Cooperation: The Case of the Ministry of Social Development in AfricaPart of Journal Special Issue Aid, Social Policy and Development
Economic assistance and foreign aid Food security International economic relationsJournal Article
Donor Coordination for Effective Government Policies?Part of Journal Special Issue Aid, Social Policy and Development
Economic assistance and foreign aid Economic development Government spending policyJournal Article
Aid, Political Business Cycles and Growth in AfricaPart of Journal Special Issue Aid, Social Policy and Development
Business cycles Econometric models Economic assistance and foreign aidJournal Article
The Progressivity and Regressivity of aid to the Social SectorsPart of Journal Special Issue Aid, Social Policy and Development
Economic assistance and foreign aid Economic development Public goodsJournal Article
Aid, social policy and developmentPart of Journal Special Issue Aid, Social Policy and Development
Economic assistance and foreign aid Financial institutions, International Millennium Development GoalsJournal Special Issue
Aid, Social Policy and DevelopmentThe UNU-WIDER Special Issue aims to address collectively the following questions: (1) What are the principles and facts that have underpinned the evolution of bilateral and multilateral social sector aid over the past 25 years?...
Economic assistance and foreign aid Millennium Development Goals Sustainable developmentWorking Paper
General budget support, health expenditures, and neonatal mortality rate: A synthetic control approachI examine impacts of general budget support in 12 countries using the synthetic control approach. First, I analyse changes in government expenditures on health before and after the introduction of budget support...
Economic assistance and foreign aid Health expendituresJournal Article
Is Small Beautiful? Small Enterprise, Aid, and Employment in AfricaPart of Journal Special Issue Aid and Employment
Economic assistance and foreign aid Labour Small business