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 …

There is growing concern and mounting evidence of selectivity in empirical economics. Most
empirical economic literatures have a truncated distribution of results. The aim of this paper …

A common practice in applied economics research consists of replacing a suspected
simultaneously determined explanatory variable with its lagged value. This note …

Using panel data for 143 countries over the period 1973–2002, this paper empirically
analyzes the influence of US aid on voting patterns in the UN General Assembly. We use …

This paper analyzes the effects of foreign aid on the economic growth of developing
countries. The study uses annual data on a group of 85 developing countries covering Asia …

This paper investigates whether foreign aid volatility affects economic growth in countries
with an effective institution. Specifically, we examine the role of institutional quality in aid …

" Despite the myth of marginality and irrelevance, Africa has always been inextricably linked
to the global stage and has long played an important-often-vital-role in international politics …

This study investigates the link between aid and human capital in promoting economic
growth of Nigeria. The study used two models; the first model was used to test the validity of …

The Covid-19 pandemic has shocked the global energy system. It has resulted in
tremendous uncertainty and diminished the recent advances to increase access to …

Prior work has focused almost exclusively on the direct effect of external resources such as
official development assistance (ODA) on renewable electricity generation in developing …