In Mozambique donors have shifted focus from project aid to budget support in an effort to reform the public sector and ‘justice, legality and public order’.
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Economic aid helps countries transition to democracy but it is democracy aid which encourages consolidation.
UNU-WIDER / Aug 2012
While foreign aid has a positive impact on some aspects of Benin’s democracy it has failed to adequately enhance good governance, the rule of law, and accountability.
UNU-WIDER / Aug 2012
Is it the case that while aid is effective at the micro level, it cannot be shown to have a positive impact on growth?
UNU-WIDER / Oct 2012
Mekasha and Tarp challenge the conclusion of Doucouliagos and Paldam’s 2008 meta-analysis of the aid-growth literature by reassessing both the methodology and the data used.
UNU-WIDER / Oct 2012
Research increasingly shows that aid disbursements have had positive effects on the economies of recipient countries.
UNU-WIDER / Aug 2012
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