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Title:
Handbook on the economics of foreign aid / edited by B. Mak Arvin, Byron Lew.
Author:
Arvin, B. Mak, 1959- editor.

Lew, Byron, editor.
Publication Information:
Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA, USA : Edward Elgar Publishing, [2015]

©2015
Call Number:
HC60 .H279 2015
ISBN:
9781783474578
Physical Description:
xvii, 625 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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Contents:
Introduction / Aid flows and the allocation of aid. Performance-based allocation (PBA) of foreign aid: still alive? / Aid and reverse flows: a global analysis / Determining aid allocation decision-making: towards a comparative sectored approach / Samaritan's dilemma, time-inconsistency and foreign aid: a review of theoretical models / MDGs and international cooperation: an analysis of private and public aid and the role of education / Geographical allocation of aid: lessons from political economy / China's aid and FDI flows to Africa: strategic interest or economic motivation? / Aid and trade. Inter-linkages of foreign aid and trade policy in trade-theoretic frameworks / Aid for trade: assessing the effects on recipient exports of manufactures and primary commodities to donors and non-donors / Aid for trade: the case of Asia and Oceania nations / The trade effects of foreign aid: an empirical perspective / Foreign aid, international trade, and financial crises: a developing country perspective / Impact of aid. The macroeconomic impact of aid in recipient countries: old wine in new bottles? / Foreign aid, economic growth, FDI, and trade openness in lower middle-income countries: a dynamic panel data analysis / Informal influence on multilateral lending: the case of the Inter-American Development Bank / Donors helping themselves / Aid and corruption: an incentive problem / The evolving debate of the effect of foreign aid on corruption and institutions in Africa / Aid effectiveness. Finally a breakthrough?: the recent rise in the size of the estimates of aid effectiveness / On the heterogeneous impact of aid on growth: a review of the evidence / Aid, growth, policies and fragility / Does real exchange rate appreciation undermine aid effectiveness?: Evidence from sub-Saharan Africa / The effects of education aid on primary schooling in developing countries / A case study of aid effectiveness in Bangladesh: development with governance challenges / Foreign aid to foster greener cities: what do we know? / Aid Policies. Foreign aid and policy coherence for development / Making aid work: Governance and decentralization / Donor competition for influence in recipient countries / The rise of multi-bi aid and the proliferation of trust funds / Aid and taxation / Aid and microfinance
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