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Aid Project Proliferation and Absorptive Capacity

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Roodman, David

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Paper provided by World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) in its series Working Papers with number RP2006/04.

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Keywords: foreign aid; absorptive capacity; project proliferation;

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  1. Michael Clemens & Todd Moss, 2005. "Ghost of 0.7%: Origins and Relevance of the International Aid Target," Development and Comp Systems 0509006, EconWPA. [Downloadable!]
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  2. David Roodman, 2004. "An Index of Donor Performance," Working Papers 42, Center for Global Development. [Downloadable!]
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  3. Henrik Hansen & Finn Tarp, 2000. "Aid effectiveness disputed," Journal of International Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 12(3), pages 375-398.
  4. Morss, Elliott R., 1984. "Institutional destruction resulting from donor and project proliferation in Sub-Saharan African countries," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 12(4), pages 465-470, April. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  5. Carl-Johan Dalgaard & Henrik Hansen & Finn Tarp, 2001. "On the Empirics of Foreign Aid and Growth," EPRU Working Paper Series 03-13, Economic Policy Research Unit (EPRU), University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics, revised Sep 2003. [Downloadable!]
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  6. Michael A. Clemens & Steven Radelet, 2003. "The Millennium Challenge Account: How Much is Too Much, How Long is Long Enough?," Working Papers 23, Center for Global Development. [Downloadable!]
  7. Collier, Paul & Dollar, David, 2002. "Aid allocation and poverty reduction," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 46(8), pages 1475-1500, September. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  8. Hansen, Henrik & Tarp, Finn, 2001. "Aid and growth regressions," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 64(2), pages 547-570, April. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  9. Arnab Acharya & Ana de Lima & Mick Moore, 2006. "Proliferation and fragmentation: Transactions costs and the value of aid," The Journal of Development Studies, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 42(1), pages 1-21, January. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  10. Michael Clemens & Steven Radelet & Rikhil Bhavnani, 2004. "Counting Chickens When They Hatch: The Short-term Effect of Aid on Growth," Working Papers 44, Center for Global Development. [Downloadable!]
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  11. R. Lensink & H. White, 2001. "Are There Negative Returns to Aid?," The Journal of Development Studies, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 37(6), pages 42-65, August. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  1. Raghbendra Jha & T. Palanivel, 2007. "Resource Augmentation for Meeting the Millennium Development Goals in the Asia Pacific Region," Departmental Working Papers 2007-02, Australian National University, Economics RSPAS. [Downloadable!]
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  2. Hulya Dagdeviren & Simon A. Robertson, 2009. "Access to Water in the Slums of the Developing World," Working Papers 57, International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth. [Downloadable!]
  3. KIMURA Hidemi & SAWADA Yasuyuki & MORI Yuko, 2007. "Aid Proliferation and Economic Growth: A Cross-Country Analysis," Discussion papers 07044, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI). [Downloadable!]
  4. David Roodman, 2006. "Competitive Proliferation of Aid Projects: A Model," Working Papers 89, Center for Global Development. [Downloadable!]
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