Long-run Trends and Recent Developments in Official Assistance from Donor Countries

Howard White

No DP2002-106, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: Official flows account for close to half of capital flows to developing countries, and close to 90 per cent of receipts for Sub-Saharan Africa. This paper documents trends in these official flows over the last three decades. The most striking trend has been declining aid volume. Following two decades of relative stability, official flows have decline in the 1990s; in particular aid to just 0.2 per cent of donor GNP. A second trend is the decline in aid to low-income countries, partly as aid flows are diverted to transition economies and 'trouble spots'.

Keywords: Economic assistance and foreign aid; Economic development projects; International obligations (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002
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