Foreign Aid and Urbanization in Developing Countries

Kevin Sylwester
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Kevin Sylwester: Department of Economics, Southern Illinois University¡XCarbondale, U.S.A.

International Journal of Business and Economics, 2008, vol. 7, issue 2, 153-166

Abstract: This paper examines whether developing countries receiving more foreign aid also have higher rates of urbanization. After presenting a simple theoretical model, empirical work is conducted on a cross-section of countries during the 1990s. The paper finds that foreign aid is positively associated with subsequent urbanization even after controlling for income levels, population, and regional characteristics. If this association is given a causal interpretation, the results indicate that foreign aid enlarges urban areas.

Keywords: foreign aid; urbanization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O18 O19 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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