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Aid effectiveness on growth : a meta study
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posted on 2008-03-01, 00:00 authored by Chris DoucouliagosChris Doucouliagos, M PaldamThe aid effectiveness literature contains about 100 papers that see aid as a treatment given to poor countries to generate development. 68 of these papers provide a total of 543 comparable estimates of the effect of aid on growth, which are the data of our meta-analysis. We consider two questions: (Q1) Are the estimates converging to a clear result over time as aid agencies gain experience, models become better and data accumulates? We find that the results do have a positive average, but it is small, insignificant and falling. (Q2) Can we identify the main factors that explain the large differences in the results? We find that much of the variation between studies can be attributed to publication outlet, institutional affiliation, data and specification differences. However, some of the difference between studies is real. In particular, the aid-growth effect is stronger for Asian countries. The meta-analysis indicates also the existence of indirect channels, which need to be further explored.
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European journal of political economyVolume
24Issue
1Pagination
1 - 24Publisher
Elsevier B.V.Location
Amsterdam, NetherlandsPublisher DOI
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0176-2680eISSN
1873-5703Language
engPublication classification
C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
2007, Elsevier B.V.Usage metrics
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