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  • Instituto para la Integración de América Latina y el Caribe, INTAL

    (Instituto para la Integración de América Latina y el Caribe, INTAL)

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Is aid dead? Dead Aid was the provocative title of a book that appeared on the 2009 New York Times bestseller list in which Dambisa Moyo outlined the shortcomings of traditional aid to Africa and proposed some even more contentious solutions for her continent. But has development assistance really run its course? Does all aid follow old colonial patterns and actors, as Moyo maintains?. We argue that aid is alive and kicking with some exciting turns that have been gathering momentum in recent years both among traditional donors and new and still emerging South-South Cooperation (SSC) actors. Developed country aid alone still channeled US$134 billion in 2011, a 154 percent increase from a decade earlier; preliminary figures for 2012 show to little surprise a slight decline to US$126 billion. Despite its shortcomings, aid provided by Development Assistance Committee (DAC) members is rapidly changing to be more effective, inclusive, and recipient-owned; principles that were reflected in the Paris Declaration of Aid Effectiveness (2005) and that were later reinforced in the Accra Action Plan and the Busan outcome document (2011) ...

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  • Instituto para la Integración de América Latina y el Caribe, INTAL, 2013. "The Complete Issue," Revista Integración y Comercio (Integration and Trade Journal), Inter-American Development Bank, INTAL, vol. 36(17), pages 1-162.
    • Handle: RePEc:idb:intala:jou:integandcom:v:36:y:2013:i:17:p:1-162
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    Keywords

    ARCO DEL PACIFICO; BANCO INTERAMERICANO DE DESARROLLO; BIENES PUBLICOS REGIONALES; CAMBIO CLIMATICO; CAPACITACION; COHESION SOCIAL; COMERCIO INTERNACIONAL; COMMODITIES; COMPETITIVIDAD; CONDICIONES SOCIALES; COOPERACION EMPRESARIAL; COOPERACION ENERGETICA; COOPERACION INTERNACIONAL; COOPERACION PARA EL DESARROLLO; COOPERACION TECNOLOGICA; DESARROLLO SOSTENIBLE; ECOLOGIA; ECONOMIA INTERNACIONAL; EDUCACION; EMPRESAS PRIVADAS; ENERGIA HIDROELECTRICA; ENERGIAS ALTERNATIVAS; ESQUEMAS DE INTEGRACION EN GENERAL; EXPORTACIONES; FORMACION PROFESIONAL; IMPORTACIONES; INCLUSION SOCIAL; INFRAESTRUCTURA; INFRAESTRUCTURA DEL TRANSPORTE; INICIATIVA PARA LA INTEGRACION DE LA INFRAESTRUCTURA REGIONAL SURAMERICANA; INNOVACIONES TECNOLOGICAS; INTEGRACION ENERGETICA; INTEGRACION FISICA; INTEGRACION REGIONAL; INVERSION EXTRANJERA DIRECTA; MEDIO AMBIENTE; MERCADO DE PRODUCTOS MANUFACTURADOS; OBJETIVOS DEL MILENIO; OBRAS PUBLICAS; PAISES EN DESARROLLO; POLITICA ENERGETICA; POLITICAS PUBLICAS EN GENERAL; PROCESOS DE INTEGRACION; PROTECCION AMBIENTAL; PROYECTO MESOAMERICA; PUERTOS; RELACIONES NORTE - SUR; RELACIONES SUR - SUR; SISTEMA FINANCIERO INTERNACIONAL; SOCIEDAD CIVIL; TRANSFERENCIA DE TECNOLOGIA; BID; IIRSA; IED; ODM;
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    JEL classification:

    • A13 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Relation of Economics to Social Values
    • F - International Economics
    • F18 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Trade and Environment
    • F3 - International Economics - - International Finance
    • F35 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - Foreign Aid
    • F36 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - Financial Aspects of Economic Integration
    • F4 - International Economics - - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance
    • F5 - International Economics - - International Relations, National Security, and International Political Economy
    • H32 - Public Economics - - Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents - - - Firm
    • H41 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - Public Goods
    • H54 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Infrastructures
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    • O3 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights
    • O47 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - Empirical Studies of Economic Growth; Aggregate Productivity; Cross-Country Output Convergence
    • P45 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Other Economic Systems - - - International Linkages
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