Aid and growth regressions
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This paper examines the relationship between foreign aid and growth in real GDP per capita as it emerges from simple augmentations of popular cross country growth specifications. It is shown that aid in all likelihood increases the growth rate, and this result is not conditional on ‘good’ policy. There are, however, decreasing returns to aid, and the estimated effectiveness of aid is highly sensitive to the choice of estimator and the set of control variables. When investment and human capital are controlled for, no positive effect of aid is found. Yet, aid continues to impact on growth via investment. We conclude by stressing the need for more theoretical work before this kind of cross-country regressions are used for policy purposes.
Original language | English |
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Journal | Journal of Development Economics |
Volume | 64 |
Issue number | 2 |
Pages (from-to) | 547-570 |
ISSN | 0304-3878 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2001 |
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