Search Results - subject:"ofﬁcial development assistance"

Are Donor Countries Giving More or Less Aid?

Gupta, Sanjeev; Pattillo, Catherine A.; Wagh, Smita - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006

The volume of foreign aid has increased during the last four decades, albeit with interruptions in certain years. Over time, the major recipients have changed: while the share of aid to Asia has diminished since the 1980s, that destined for sub-Saharan Africa has grown. There is some evidence...

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Development Aid and Economic Growth: A Positive Long-Run Relation

Reddy, Sanjay G.; Minoiu, Camelia - Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations - 2006

We analyze the growth impact of official development assistance to developing countries. Our approach is different from …

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La mesure de la fragilité des états du sud ayant été le théâtre d'une guerre pour les ressources

Aknin, Audrey - In: Revue Tiers-Monde n°213 (2013) 1, pp. 87-104

</titre> Civil conflicts induced or maintained by the abundance of natural resources in developing countries are often analyzed in terms of State failure. In order to help these countries in a post-conflict situation and to prevent further armed conflicts, international institutions refer to State...

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Exploring the nexus between urbanisation, services sector expansion, aid and growth in Fiji

Kumar, Ronald Ravinesh - In: International Journal of Economics and Business Research 5 (2013) 2, pp. 128-146

The study explores the contributory powers of urbanisation, services sector expansion and development assistance on per worker income in Fiji over the periods 1981-2009 using the ARDL bounds approach. The results show that sectors like tourism, information and communications technology,...

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The Economic Costs of Non-Communicable Diseases in the Pacific Islands

Anderson, Ian - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2013

There is increasing recognition that non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are an important international and development issue globally, undermining health gains and imposing financial and economic costs on governments and households. NCDs are an important health challenge in the Pacific. First,...

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Crowding out Effect of Foreign Aid in Selected Developing Countries: Panel Data Evidence

Bakhtiari, Sadegh; Izadkhasti, Hojjat; Tayebi, Seyed Komail - In: Iranian Economic Review 18 (2013) 2, pp. 51-64

budgetary constraints. In this paper Official Development Assistance (ODA) data have been considered as foreign aid. ODA is … depends on how governments respond to it. This paper tries to explore the impact of official development assistance on public … and Latin America over the period 1991-2010. Empirical results indicate that official development assistance has a …

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Les déterminants politiques de la mesure de l'aide au développement

Gabas, Jean-Jacques; Ribier, Vincent - In: Revue Tiers-Monde n°213 (2013) 1, pp. 33-50

</titre> The international standard for development funding has remained at 0,7% of the GNI of the member countries of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) of OECD since the early sixties. This standard has never been questioned in its foundations, while its calculation corresponds to the...

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Les ONG françaises de développement et humanitaires : une autre « exception française » en Europe ?

Ryfman, Philippe - In: Mondes en développement n°161 (2013) 1, pp. 63-78

development assistance, local authorities grants for micro and mini organizations. This shape of "French exception" produces a …</titre> NGOs funding is characterized in France by global preeminence of private money, marginal share of official …

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ECONOMIC POTENTIAL OF REMITTANCES: EVIDENCE FROM THE SOUTH ASIAN COUNTRIES

STRIELKOWSKI, Wadim - In: Journal of Applied Economic Sciences Quarterly VIII (2013) 1, pp. 120-126

This paper describes the economic potential of remittances, especially in comparison with the Official Development … Assistance (ODA) in selected South Asian countries. It appears that remittance transfers contribute to the increase of GDP per …

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Inequality, aid and growth: Macroeconomic impact of aid grants and loans in Latin America and the Caribbean

Tezanos, Sergio; Quiñones, Ainoa; Guijarro, Marta - In: Journal of Applied Economics XVI (2013) May, pp. 153-177

regression model to analyze the impact of Official Development Assistance (ODA) in LAC. We evaluate ODA effectiveness in relation …

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