The aid effectiveness literature (AEL) consists of empirical macroeconomic estimates of the
effects of development aid. By the end of 2004, it comprised 97 econometric studies of three …

The effectiveness of foreign aid in stimulating economic development is a topic of intense
debate in the scientific community and among policy analysts. Numerous empirical studies …

The purpose of this book is to introduce novice researchers to the tools of meta-analysis and
meta-regression analysis and to summarize the state of the art for existing practitioners …

This paper employs a meta-regression analysis of 1,149 estimates from 29 studies to take
stock of the empirical literature on Chinese aid effectiveness. After accommodating …

The aid effectiveness literature contains about 100 papers that see aid as a treatment given
to poor countries to generate development. 68 of these papers provide a total of 543 …

Many studies have sought to gauge the impact of population growth on economic growth. A
well‐known stylized fact of this literature is that the estimated effects of population growth …

Research on methods of meta-analysis (the synthesis of related study results) has dealt with
many simple study indices, but less attention has been paid to the issue of summarizing …

This article seeks to investigate the relative contributions of foreign direct investment, official
development assistance and migrant remittances to economic growth in developing …

In this paper I discuss the effectiveness of foreign aid from a historical perspective. I show
that foreign aid is a relatively new concept in economics, and I emphasize the role of …

Abstract Research Summary Rural communities in developing countries often exhibit high
poverty levels, lack of skilled labor, and limited infrastructure. Through an analysis of three …