Professor Tarp has four decades of experience in academic and applied development economics research and teaching. His field experience covers more than two decades of in-country work in 35 countries across Africa and the developing world more...
Growth and employment
Aid can help countries generate more growth and employment, but what are the channels that work best for growth? How can aid help improve the livelihoods of the poorest people, improve the opportunities for women in the labour market, and provide more emp
In this part of the ReCom–Research and Communication on Foreign Aid project we look at what aid can do to create more economic growth and employment . The key questions include; What are the effects of aid on growth? Through which channels does aid act best as a catalyzer for growth? How can aid help improve the livelihoods of the poorest people, improve the opportunities for women in the labour market, and provide more employment for young people?
This is part of the 'ReCom – research and communication on foreign aid' project.
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Assistant: Janis Vehmaan-Kreula
Communications: Annett Victorero
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Aid, Growth, and Other Issues – An Interview with Finn Tarp11 September 2014 by Roger Williamson In this interview Finn Tarp, Director of UNU-WIDER, discusses the evidence uncovered in the aid and growth and...
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On Aid and Growth – An Interview with Sam Jones28 February 2014 In this interview Sam Jones summarizes the findings of original UNU-WIDER work on the impact of aid on growth. Using data covering...
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Goodbye and hello ReCom!The research programme ReCom – Research and communication on foreign aid – is ending this year. There is a large and unique collection of research...
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Seven reasons why research doesn’t become policyOver the last decade there has been increasing demand to make research more useful and applicable for policy-making. And that is also very true within...
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The Future of Aid – Poverty and the Middle Income Countries24 September 2013 Andy Sumner A series of papers since late 2010 has discussed a shift in the location or 'geography' of global poverty. The shift is...
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From the Editor’s Desk (November 2012)Tony Addison This month saw the visit of Kaushik Basu, the World Bank’s new Chief Economist and Senior Vice President for Development Economics, to...
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Ghana’s Oil Resources Toward Economic Growth and Human DevelopmentRobert Darko Osei As the country’s oil production shifts into gear, Ghana’s new status as a middle-income country is bound to see a reduction in...
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