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The developmental effectiveness of aid to Africa

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The principal aim of this paper is to examine the developmental effectiveness of aid to Sub-saharan Africa (SSA). The author uses an informal analytical framework to accomplish this. The framework provides a production-type equation for determining income growth and conveys that : 1) there are many influences besides aid on country economic performance; 2) domestic policies have a pervasive influence on the whole system; and 3) aid has an important influence in raising import and investment capacity. The author presents evidence on aid in Africa that suggests that the high past levels of aid have been unable tp prevent serious economic deterioration and that its effectiveness is considerably less than in other regions. Nor have donors been able to offer much assistance in African governments'design of development strategies. Case studies of Cote d'Ivoire and Ghana support the conclusion that there is much room for increasing the effectiveness of aid to SSA. The report suggests that the problem of aid effectiveness is not technocratic nor due to a shortage of advice. Rather, politics lies at the heart of the problem. It is for the people of Africa to resolve their governance problems - and there are potentially important stirrings of political change. And although donors have to work with existing governments, they should be more selective in those they aid.

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  • Killick, Tony, 1991. "The developmental effectiveness of aid to Africa," Policy Research Working Paper Series 646, The World Bank.
    • Handle: RePEc:wbk:wbrwps:646
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    1. Lensink, Robert, 1995. "Foreign exchange constraints and developing countries," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 12(2), pages 179-191, April.
    2. Collier, Paul & Dollar, David, 2002. "Aid allocation and poverty reduction," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 46(8), pages 1475-1500, September.
    3. Mr. Dhaneshwar Ghura & E. Murat Ucer & Mr. Martin Mühleisen & Mr. Michael T. Hadjimichael & Mr. Roger Nord, 1994. "Effects of Macroeconomic Stabilityon Growth, Savings, and Investment in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Empirical Investigation," IMF Working Papers 1994/098, International Monetary Fund.
    4. Collier, Paul & Dollar, David, 2001. "Can the World Cut Poverty in Half? How Policy Reform and Effective Aid Can Meet International Development Goals," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 29(11), pages 1787-1802, November.
    5. Elliot Berg, 2003. "Augmenter l'efficacité de l'aide : une critique de quelques points de vue actuels," Revue d’économie du développement, De Boeck Université, vol. 11(4), pages 11-42.
    6. Andrew Giovanni Collodel & Derica Alba Kotzé, 2014. "The Failure of Cross-country Regression Analysis in Measuring the Impact of Foreign Aid," Journal of Developing Societies, , vol. 30(2), pages 195-221, June.
    7. Burnside, Craig & Dollar, David, 1998. "Aid, the incentive regime, and poverty reduction," Policy Research Working Paper Series 1937, The World Bank.
    8. Hernandez, Leonardo & Katada, Saori N., 1996. "Grants and debt forgiveness in Africa : a descriptive analysis," Policy Research Working Paper Series 1653, The World Bank.
    9. Innocent .U. Duru & Bartholomew .O.N. Okafor & Millicent Adanne Eze & Gabriel .O. Ebenyi, 2020. "Foreign Aid and Economic Growth: Empirical Evidence from Nigeria," Growth, Asian Online Journal Publishing Group, vol. 7(1), pages 35-50.

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