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Does foreign aid improve governance?

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  • Busse, Matthias
  • Gröning, Steffen

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This paper analyses the impact of aid flows on governance. Using an instrumental variable approach and a large country sample, we find that aid has a negative rather than a positive influence on governance. This outcome is robust to various model specifications.

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  • Busse, Matthias & Gröning, Steffen, 2009. "Does foreign aid improve governance?," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 104(2), pages 76-78, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:104:y:2009:i:2:p:76-78
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    Keywords

    Official development assistance Governance;

    JEL classification:

    • C33 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Models with Panel Data; Spatio-temporal Models
    • F35 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - Foreign Aid
    • O11 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
    • O43 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - Institutions and Growth

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