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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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How Do We Increase the Share of Aid to Agriculture in Africa?Agriculture plays an important role in terms of employment and its contribution to gross domestic product in many African countries...
Agriculture Finance (Agriculture) Economic assistance and foreign aidBlog
Goodbye and hello ReCom!
The research programme ReCom – Research and communication on foreign aid – is ending this year...
Research Brief
The Impact of Foreign Aid on the Fiscal Behaviour of the Ugandan GovernmentForeign aid is a significant element of Uganda’s long-run fiscal system. Aid is associated with increased tax collection effort and public spending in Uganda. Development assistance is also associated with reduced domestic borrowing in Uganda...
Econometric models (Economic development) Economic assistance and foreign aid Fiscal policyWorking Paper
The Impact of Foreign Aid on Economic Growth in ECOWAS Countries: a Simultaneous-Equation ModelThis paper investigates the impact of foreign aid on economic growth in member countries of the Economic Community of West African States using panel data for 1990-2009 and a three equation simultaneous-equations model...
Economic assistance and foreign aid Econometric models (Economic development) International tradeWorking Paper
Aid and the Environment: UgandaThis paper seeks to (i) establish the areas in which aid from the major donors is concentrated; (ii) examine how aid has been allocated to the environmental sectors, and (iii) review the factors behind the success of environmental projects...
Economic assistance and foreign aid Environment and economic developmentWorking Paper
The International Fiscal Implications of Global Poverty Reduction and Global Public Goods ProvisionThe mixed record on the 2015 Millennium Development Goal (MDG) targets and the focus on global public goods in post-MDG debates questions the future of traditional development co-operation (official development assistance, ODA)...
Mathematical models (Economic development) Tax evasion TaxationBlog
Seven reasons why research doesn’t become policy
Over 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 the field of development research...
Research Brief
An Assessment of a Village Development Programme in MozambiqueThe programme did lead participating households to use improved seeds. Food consumption scores did not improve after the programme...
Agricultural cooperative Economic development Food supplyResearch Brief
How to Promote Sustainable Jobs in MozambiqueStrong economic growth has not turned into poverty reduction in Mozambique due to stagnation in job creation...
Econometric models (Economic development) Agriculture Labour economicsWorking Paper
Aid and Dutch Disease: Evidence from Moroccan and Tunisian Time-Series DataWe examine aid-induced Dutch Disease—after controlling for the effects of remittances and FDI flows—in the context of two North African countries, Morocco and Tunisia...
Econometric models (Economic development) Foreign investmentsWorking Paper
Innovation at the World Bank: Selective Perspectives Over Three Decades 1975-2005The World Bank is uniquely positioned to identify and disseminate innovative development practices...
Economic development International agencies Technological innovationsWorking Paper
Foreign Capital Inflow and Economic Growth in CameroonThe purpose of this paper is to capture the impact of foreign capital inflows (which include foreign aid and foreign direct investment) on economic growth in Cameroon...
Economic assistance and foreign aid Economic development Foreign investmentsWorking Paper
Another Look at Foreign AidThe foreign aid landscape has undergone a paradigm shift in the last few decades, with changes in the behaviour of ‘traditional’ donors and a new focus on selectivity in aid disbursement, as well as ‘new’ donors and South-Sout...
Economic assistance and foreign aid Economic developmentWorking Paper
The Political Economy Dimensions of Macroeconomic Management of Aid in GhanaThis paper contributes to the debate on aid effectiveness by looking at the ‘how’ of aid effectiveness...
Economic assistance and foreign aid Economic development Fiscal policyWorking Paper
Foreign Aid and Mobilization of Growth Factors in Sub-Saharan AfricaThis study addresses the macroeconomic effect of foreign aid on the factors of growth. Specifically, we examine the effects of foreign aid on capital investment (human capital, physical capital) in sub-Saharan Africa...
Capital Econometrics Economic assistance and foreign aidWorking Paper
A Timeseries Analysis of the Impact of Foreign Aid on Central Government’s Fiscal Budget in UgandaA dynamic relationship between foreign aid and domestic fiscal variables in Uganda is analysed using a cointegrated vector autoregressive model over the period 1972-2008...
Economic assistance and foreign aid Econometric models (Economic development) Public expendituresContext
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