The Impact of Aid on Growth Revisited: Do Donor Motives Matter?

Christopher Kilby and Axel Dreher

No 191, Ibero America Institute for Econ. Research (IAI) Discussion Papers from Ibero-America Institute for Economic Research

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

Keywords: Aid; Growth; Politics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F35 O40 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 26 pages
Date: 2009-05-05
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