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The Impact of Aid on Growth Revisited: Do Donor Motives Matter?

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The typical identification strategy in aid effectiveness studies assumes donor motives do not influence the impact of aid on growth. We call this homogeneity assumption into question, first constructing a model in which donor motives matter and then testing the assumption empirically.

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Paper provided by Ibero-America Institute for Economic Research in its series Ibero America Institute for Econ. Research (IAI) Discussion Papers with number 191.

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Length: 26 pages
Date of creation: 05 May 2009
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Handle: RePEc:got:iaidps:191

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Keywords: Aid; Growth; Politics;

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  1. Dreher, Axel & Klasen, Stephan & Raymond, James & Werker, Eric, 2010. "The costs of favoritism: Is politically-driven aid less effective?," Center for European, Governance and Economic Development Research Discussion Papers 97, University of Goettingen, Department of Economics.
  2. Tingley, Dustin, 2010. "Donors and domestic politics: Political influences on foreign aid effort," The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 50(1), pages 40-49, February.
  3. Axel Dreher & Andreas Fuchs, 2011. "Does terror increase aid?," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 149(3), pages 337-363, December.
  4. Dreher, Axel & Klasen, Stephan & Raymond, James & Werker, Eric, 2010. "The costs of favoritism: Is politically-driven aid less effective?," Center for European, Governance and Economic Development Research Discussion Papers 97, University of Goettingen, Department of Economics.
  5. Sanjay G. Reddy & Camelia Minoiu, 2006. "Development Aid and Economic Growth: A Positive Long-Run Relation," Working Papers 29, United Nations, Department of Economics and Social Affairs.
  6. Kilby, Christopher & Christopher Kline, 2012. "To Invest or Insure? A Comment on Wright (2008)," Villanova School of Business Department of Economics and Statistics Working Paper Series 21, Villanova School of Business Department of Economics and Statistics.
  7. Axel Dreher & Andreas Fuchs, 2011. "Does terror increase aid?," Courant Research Centre: Poverty, Equity and Growth - Discussion Papers 86, Courant Research Centre PEG.
  8. Kilby, Christopher, 2012. "Assessing the contribution of donor agencies to aid effectiveness: The impact of World Bank preparation on project outcomes," Villanova School of Business Department of Economics and Statistics Working Paper Series 20, Villanova School of Business Department of Economics and Statistics.

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