This paper proposes an econometric analysis of the effects of three kinds of socio-political instability ? violent, social and elite ? on foreign aid allocation. Arellano and Bond [1991] application of the generalized method of moments estimations show that the effect of socio-political...

We propose an econometric analysis of the distributive impact of trade flows, foreign direct investment (fdi), official aid and migrants? remittances. Results suggest that fdi increases inequality, while remittances tend to reduce inequality. Trade and aid have a non-linear relationship with...