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Does foreign aid reduce poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa? A dynamic panel-data analysis

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  • Mahembe, Edmore
  • Odhiambo, Nicholas M.

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The main objective of this study is to examine the effect of official development assistance (ODA) or foreign aid on poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) region over the period 1981-2011. This study uses recent dynamic panel estimation techniques, including those methods which deal with endogeneity and simultaneity concerns. To test the robustness of the results, the study uses three different proxies for poverty and five proxies for foreign aid. The main finding of the study is that foreign aid does have statistically significant poverty reduction effect. The results are consistent across all the three poverty proxies. The disaggregating of aid by source and type could not offer conclusive results. On the other hand, the study found that income per capita have around three times higher poverty-reducing effect compared to foreign aid while inequality has a detrimental effect on the fight against poverty.

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  • Mahembe, Edmore & Odhiambo, Nicholas M., 2018. "Does foreign aid reduce poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa? A dynamic panel-data analysis," Working Papers 23614, University of South Africa, Department of Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:uza:wpaper:23614
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    1. Furqan Sikandar & Vasilii Erokhin & Hongshu Wang & Shafiqur Rehman & Anna Ivolga, 2021. "The Impact of Foreign Capital Inflows on Agriculture Development and Poverty Reduction: Panel Data Analysis for Developing Countries," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(6), pages 1-22, March.
    2. JANJUA, Laeeq Razzak & MERYEM, Erraiteb & RAJA, Maryum Sajid, 2022. "Evaluating The Relationship Between Anti-Money Laundering Policies And Per Capita Consumption Expenditure - A Fresh Inside From Middle-Income Countries," Journal of Financial and Monetary Economics, Centre of Financial and Monetary Research "Victor Slavescu", vol. 10(1), pages 73-83, October.
    3. Tefera, Mamo G & Odhiambo, Nicholas M, 2022. "The impact of foreign aid on economic growth in Africa: Empirical evidence from low-income countries," Working Papers 29830, University of South Africa, Department of Economics.

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