Working Paper

While significant amounts of foreign aid have been allocated to the group of so-called fragile and conflict-affected states in recent years, it is not clear whether that aid is targeted to where it is most needed. This paper extends recent work by...

• Aid effectiveness
• Foreign aid
• Fragile states

Working Paper

In 2010, the G8 placed renewed focus on maternal health via the Muskoka Initiative by committing to spend an additional US$5 billion on maternal, newborn, and child health before 2015. Following the end of the Millennium Development Goals and the...

• Foreign aid
• Maternal mortality
• Muskoka Initiative

Blog

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...

• Aid effectiveness
• Aid policy
• Conflict management

Journal Special Issue

• Aid effectiveness
• Aid and growth
• Development aid

Journal Article

Part of Journal Special Issue Aid Impact and Effectiveness

• Donors
• Fragile states
• Climate change

Journal Article

Part of Journal Special Issue Aid Impact and Effectiveness

• Bilateral aid
• Exports
• Free trade

Journal Article

Part of Journal Special Issue Aid Impact and Effectiveness

• Foreign aid
• Maternal mortality
• Muskoka Initiative

Journal Article

Part of Journal Special Issue Aid Impact and Effectiveness

• Aid effectiveness
• Foreign aid
• Fragile states

Journal Article

Part of Journal Special Issue Aid Impact and Effectiveness

• Aid effectiveness
• Foreign aid
• Funding

Journal Article

Part of Journal Special Issue Aid Impact and Effectiveness

• Funding
• Foreign aid
• Aid effectiveness

Journal Special Issue

Much criticism of aid rests on no evidence at all, on out-of-date studies (many of which are methodologically weak) or on a misunderstanding of causation and country context. Many critics correlate weak or negative growth with aid flows, without much...

• Macroeconomics
• Foreign aid

Journal Article

Part of Journal Special Issue Macroeconomic Perspectives on Aid

• Macroeconomics
• Foreign aid

Working Paper

In recent years, donor countries have increasingly used different aid allocation channels to boost aid effectiveness. One delivery channel that has grown tremendously is ‘multi-bi aid’—contributions to multilateral organizations earmarked for...

• Funding
• Foreign aid
• Aid effectiveness

Working Paper

This paper presents a review of recent studies that estimate the trade effects of foreign aid. It also provides new results obtained using panel data techniques to estimate the direct effects of aid on international trade, accounting for countries’...

• Bilateral aid
• Exports
• Free trade

Working Paper

The total funding envelope for World Bank projects is often divided among various state and non-state actors, each of which can have competing ideas about or interests in the project. How does the division of financing relate to overall project...

• Aid effectiveness
• Foreign aid
• Funding

Book

This collection examines the role that foreign aid can play in dealing with the severe global challenge of climate change, one of the most pressing international development issues of the 21st century. Addressing the key threats of rising...

• Foreign aid
• Climate change
• Sustainable energy