This paper surveys five decades of empirical research on the macroeconomic impact of aid,
looking mainly at studies examining the link between aid and growth. It argues that studies …

This paper uses a new database on foreign aid to examine the relationships among foreign
aid, economic policies, and growth of per capita GDP. We find that aid has a positive impact …

Critics of foreign aid programs have long argued that poverty reflects government failure. In
this paper I test predictions for aid effectiveness based on an analytical framework that …

Recent research yields widely divergent estimates of the cross‐country relationship between
foreign aid receipts and economic growth. We re‐analyse data from the three most …

There is a widespread perception among academic researchers and aid practitioners alike
that empirical cross‐country analysis fails to find any significant link between aid flows and …

This study empirically investigates the role and the impact of foreign aid (ODA) on economic
growth (GDP) using 95 developing countries as the sample. Here we also include foreign …

The perceived factors of economic growth in developing economies have ranged from
surplus labor to capital investment and technological change, trade, foreign aid, foreign …

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We examine the interrelationship among foreign aid, foreign direct investment (FDI) and
economic growth in South-East Asia (SEA) and South Asia (SA) during 1980–2016. The …

In this book, Yi Feng combines political and economic analyses to study the effects of
political institutions on economic performance. Traditionally, political scientists disregard …