We analyze the growth impact of official development assistance to developing countries. Our approach is different from that of previous studies in two major ways. First, we disentangle the effects of two kinds of aid: developmental and non-developmental. Second, our specifications allow for the...

Intro -- Contents -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. THE MODEL -- III. PARTIAL AND GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM EFFECTS OF FOREIGN AID AND MACROECONOMIC POLICY -- IV. THE OPTIMAL TIMING OF AID AND MACROECONOMIC POLICY -- V. THE EFFECTIVENESS OF MACROECONOMIC POLICIES IN AID-RECEIVING COUNTRIES -- VI. CONCLUSIONS...