Rachel M. Gisselquist, Finn Tarp - UNU-WIDER, 2019 - Helsinki, Finland
The questions of whether aid has impact and is effective have been the subject of considerable attention. This thematic issue brings together nine studies that speak to the diverse ways in which aid affects development outcomes including, but not limited to, growth. It takes stock of what we know...
Rachel M. Gisselquist, Finn Tarp - Politics and Governance, 2019
The questions of whether aid has impact and is effective have been the subject of a considerable literature, including attention to the aggregate impact of aid on growth across countries (Arndt, Jones, & Tarp, 2010, 2015, 2016; Burnside & Dollar, 2000; Easterly, 2003; Hansen & Tarp,...
Rachel M. Gisselquist, Sam Jones - UNU-WIDER, 2019 - Helsinki, Finland
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 (2009), is just one example. The aid sceptics of the twenty-first century maintained that since economists could not find an aggregate...
Michael Chasukwa, Dan Banik - UNU-WIDER, 2019 - Helsinki, Finland
Many practical and action-oriented international roadmaps to improve the quality of aid and its delivery and impact on development—including the Paris Declaration, Accra Agenda for Action, and Busan Partnership—emphasize a more active involvement of domestic institutions and...
Daniel Y. Kono, Gabriella R. Montinola - UNU-WIDER, 2019 - Helsinki, Finland
Climate-related foreign aid is on the rise, with signatories to the Paris Climate agreement pledging US$100 billion annually to promote mitigation and adaptation in recipient countries. While this seems like a welcome development, we have little evidence that climate aid actually encourages...
Niheer Dasandi, Edward Laws, Heather Marquette, Mark Robinson - UNU-WIDER, 2019 - Helsinki, Finland
This paper critically reviews evidence on ‘thinking and working politically’ in development. Scholars and practitioners have increasingly recognised that development is fundamentally political, and efforts are underway to develop more politically informed ways of thinking and working...
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