The Political Economy Dimensions of Macroeconomic Management of Aid in Ghana

Robert Osei (), Freda Asem and George Domfe

No wp-2013-106, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: This paper contributes to the debate on aid effectiveness by looking at the 'how' of aid effectiveness. In other words it provides an assessment of whether aid only filled a financing gap or whether it, in addition, helped influence the political economy in a way that engendered growth. Ghana provides a good case for an assessment of this question as it saw significant aid inflows over the last two and a half decades and also recorded significant growth and poverty reduction.

Keywords: Economic assistance and foreign aid; Economic development; Fiscal policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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