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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?
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Assessing Foreign Aid’s Long-Run Contribution to Growth and DevelopmentPart of Journal Special Issue Aid Policy and the Macroeconomic Management of Aid
Capital Economic assistance and foreign aid Econometric models (Economic development)Journal Article
International Coordination and the Effectiveness of AidPart of Journal Special Issue Aid Policy and the Macroeconomic Management of Aid
Economic assistance and foreign aid International relations PovertyJournal Article
Aid Policy and the Macroeconomic Management of AidPart of Journal Special Issue Aid Policy and the Macroeconomic Management of Aid
Economic assistance and foreign aid Economic policy Monetary policyJournal Article
Consequences of Aid Volatility for Macroeconomic Management and Aid EffectivenessPart of Journal Special Issue Aid Policy and the Macroeconomic Management of Aid
Economic assistance and foreign aid Education MacroeconomicsJournal Article
Policy Responses to Aid Surges in Countries with Limited International Capital Mobility: The Role of the Exchange Rate RegimePart of Journal Special Issue Aid Policy and the Macroeconomic Management of Aid
Economic assistance and foreign aid Foreign exchange Transfer paymentsJournal Article
Business Cycle Fluctuations, Large Macroeconomic Shocks, and Development AidPart of Journal Special Issue Aid Policy and the Macroeconomic Management of Aid
Business cycles Economic assistance and foreign aid Government accountabilityWorking Paper
On the Dynamics of Multidimensional Chronic PovertyUnderstanding chronic poverty and its evolution is complex given the amount of information involved...
Households Poverty measurementResearch Brief
Structural Change – Critical for Poverty Reduction in AfricaEconomic growth has had a negative effect on unemployment and poverty reduction in Africa...
Economic assistance and foreign aid Labour PovertyBlog
Aid, Growth, and Other Issues – An Interview with Finn Tarp
11 September 2014 by Roger Williamson In this interview Finn Tarp, Director of UNU-WIDER , discusses the evidence uncovered in the aid and growth and other themes of the ReCom – Research and Communication on Foreign Aid programme, coordinated b...
Economic assistance and foreign aid Economic growth Quantitative research methodologyPosition Paper
Aid, Growth and EmploymentThis position paper on Aid, Growth, and Employment was prepared by UNU-WIDER under the ReCom programme of Research (Re) and Communication (Com) on foreign aid...
Economic assistance and foreign aid Economic growth MacroeconomicsWorking Paper
What is the Aggregate Economic Rate of Return to Foreign Aid?Does foreign aid promote aggregate economic growth? In contrast to widespread perceptions, academic studies of this question have been rapidly converging towards a positive answer...
Economic assistance and foreign aid Economic development Simulation methods (Economics)Working Paper
Understanding Chinese and Western Development Finance in Uganda, South Africa, and ZimbabweChina’s importance as a major donor outside the traditional Western donors has been increasing and this has helped to bridge the funding gaps in developing countries...
Economic development Environment and economic development International financeJournal Article
The Long-Run Impact of Foreign Aid in 36 African Countries: Insights from Multivariate Time Series AnalysisThe 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 testingBlog
On Aid and Growth – An Interview with Sam Jones 28 February 2014 In this interview Sam Jones summarizes the findings of original UNU-WIDER work on the impact of aid on growth ...
Economic assistance and foreign aid Economic growth Financial institutions, InternationalWorking Paper
Aid, Employment, and Poverty Reduction in AfricaGrowth and poverty reduction in Africa are weakly linked. This paper argues that the reason is that Africa has failed to create enough good jobs...
Economic assistance and foreign aid Labour PovertyWorking Paper
Transfers for Extreme Poverty Reduction: Implications for Patron-Client Relationships in the Context of Bangladesh’s Agricultural ReformationThis paper investigates how a development intervention which targets extremely poor households with investment capital influences relationships between those households and the landowning elite...
Agriculture Poverty Economic powerContext
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