The impact of aid on growth revisited: Do donor motives matter?

Christopher Kilby and Axel Dreher

Economics Letters, 2010, vol. 107, issue 3, 338-340

Abstract: The typical identification strategy in aid effectiveness studies assumes that donor motives do not influence the impact of aid on growth. We call this homogeneity assumption into question, constructing a model in which donor motives matter and testing the assumption empirically.

Keywords: Aid; Growth; Politics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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