Most of the aid effectiveness literature has focused on the potential growth effects of aggregate aid, with inconclusive results. Considering that donors have repeatedly stressed the multidimensionality of their objectives, a more disaggregated view on aid effectiveness is warranted. The impact...

Most of the aid effectiveness literature has focused on the potential growth effects of aggregate aid, with inconclusive results. Considering that donors have repeatedly stressed the multidimensionality of their objectives, a more disaggregated view on aid effectiveness is warranted. The impact...

Trägt die Entwicklungszusammenarbeit (EZ) zu Entwicklung bei? Wenn ja, unter welchen Bedingungen und in welchem Umfang? Diese Fragen sind so alt wie die Entwicklungspolitik selbst. Sie werden seither in der Wissenschaft und der Politik kontrovers diskutiert. Zwei aktuelle Trends rücken Fragen...

Does aid contribute to development? If so, under what conditions and to what extent? These questions are as old as the field of development policy itself and they have been controversially discussed among researchers and policymakers ever since. Yet, two main trends put questions related to aid...