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How Aid Supplies from Donor Countries Respond to Economic CrisisThe strong interdependent relationship between the developed and developing countries made itself visible again with the recent economic downturn...
Econometric models (Finance) Budget Economic assistance and foreign aidWorking Paper
How Aid Supply Responds to Economic Crises: A Panel VAR ApproachThe strong interdependence between the developed and developing worlds surfaced with the recent economic downturn. Due to the global character of the economy, the downturn affected not only the North but also the South...
Budget Economic assistance and foreign aid Econometric models (Finance)Book Chapter
Fruit of the Vine?: An Augmented Endowments-Inequality Hypothesis and the Rise of an Elite in the Cape ColonyFrom the book: The Role of Elites in Economic Development
History of economics Equality and inequality Income distributionBook Chapter
Reform and Inequality during the Transition: An Analysis Using Panel Household Survey Data, 1990-2005From the book: Economies in Transition
Economic policy Income distribution Panel analysisJournal Article
The (evolving) role of agriculture in poverty reduction—An empirical perspectiveThe role of agriculture in development remains much debated. This paper takes an empirical perspective and focuses on poverty, as opposed to growth alone...
Distribution Econometric models (Economic development) Panel analysisBlog
From the Editor's desk (November 2011)
Tony Addison As we come to the end of November, the snow has yet to arrive in Helsinki...
Finance Climate change Raw materialsWorking Paper
The Effects of the European Union’s and China’s Trade Agreements on Africa’s ExportsEmpirical studies have shown that trade agreements have different effects on countries based on their level of development, especially in trade potentials...
International trade Panel analysisWorking Paper
Industry Switching in Developing CountriesFirm turnover (i.e. firm entry and exit) is a well-recognized source of sector level productivity growth across developing and developed countries...
Industrial organization (Economic theory) Industrial productivity Labour economicsWorking Paper
Aid Effectiveness: Opening the Black BoxControversy over the aggregate impact of foreign aid has focused on reduced form estimates of the aid-growth link. The causal chain, through which aid affects developmental outcomes including growth, has received much less attention...
Capital investments Economic development HealthWorking Paper
Tourism and Economic Growth: African Evidence from Panel Vector Autoregressive FrameworkUsing a panel vector autoregressive model this paper investigates the dynamic and endogeneous contribution of tourism to output based on a sample of 40 African countries for the period 1990–2006...
Economic development Human capital InvestmentsBook Chapter
The Short-Run Macroeconomic Impact of Foreign Aid to Small States: An Agnostic Time Series AnalysisFrom the book: Understanding Small-Island Developing States
Econometric models Economic assistance and foreign aid MacroeconomicsBook Chapter
Remittances in Small Island Developing StatesFrom the book: Understanding Small-Island Developing States
Economic assistance and foreign aid Emigrant remittances Natural disastersBook Chapter
Terms of Trade Shocks and the Current Account in Small Island Developing StatesFrom the book: Understanding Small-Island Developing States
Panel analysis Regression analysis Terms of tradeWorking Paper
Aid Supplies Over Time: Accounting for Heterogeneity, Trends and DynamicsThe recent financial crisis has rekindled interest in the foreign aid supply behaviour of bilateral donors. Using the latest data covering the period 1960-2009, this paper examines how such behaviour is related to domestic factors...
Business cycles Economic assistance and foreign aid Financial crisisWorking Paper
Transfers and Development: Easy Come, Easy Go?Contrary to the popular notion that money that is easily earned, is also easily spent, economic theory holds that income is fungible...
Consumption Mathematical models (Economic development) MicroeconomicsWorking Paper
The Fruit of the Vine? An Augmented Endowments-Inequality Hypothesis and the Rise of an Elite in the Cape ColonyThe arrival of European settlers at the Cape in 1652 marked the beginning of what would become an extremely unequal society...
History of economics Equality and inequality Income distribution