Can Foreign Aid Buy Growth?

The widely publicized finding that “aid promotes growth in a good policy environment” is not robust to the inclusion of new data or alternative definitions of “aid,” “policy” or “growth.” The idea that “aid buys growth” is on shaky ground theoretically and empirically. It doesn’t help that aid agenc...

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Published in:The Journal of economic perspectives 2003-07, Vol.17 (3), p.23-48
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Corruption
Developing countries
Economic conditions
Economic development
Economic growth
Economic growth models
Economic policy
Economic reform
Economic theory
Economics
Economists
Financial investments
Foreign aid
GDP
Gross Domestic Product
International development
International financial institutions
International trade
Investment
LDCs
Poverty alleviation
Sustainable development
Symposium: Global Poverty Reduction
Variables
World Bank
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subjects Corruption
Developing countries
Economic conditions
Economic development
Economic growth
Economic growth models
Economic policy
Economic reform
Economic theory
Economics
Economists
Financial investments
Foreign aid
GDP
Gross Domestic Product
International development
International financial institutions
International trade
Investment
LDCs
Poverty alleviation
Sustainable development
Symposium: Global Poverty Reduction
Variables
World Bank
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