Aid and Growth in Fragile States

Mark McGillivray and Simon Feeny

No RP2008-03, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: The literature on aid has come a long way in recent years, and as a result we now know much more about aid effectiveness than possibly ever before. But significant gaps in knowledge remain. One such gap is the effectiveness of aid in the so-called 'fragile states', countries with critically low policy and institutional performance ratings. The current paper addresses this void by examining possible links between aid and economic growth in fragile states.

Keywords: Economic assistance and foreign aid; Economic development; Economic policy; Institutional economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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