doubt on the ability of foreign aid to foster economic growth and development. This paper assesses what meta-analysis has to … say about the effectiveness of foreign aid in terms of the growth impact. We re-examine key hypotheses, and find that the … effect of aid on growth is positive and statistically significant. This significant effect is genuine, and not an artefact of …

The concept of ‘green growth’ implies that a wide range of developmental objectives, such as job creation, economic … rather than being win-win, green growth is similar to most types of policy reforms that advocate the acceptance of short …-term adjustment costs in the expectation of long-term gains. In particular, green growth policies often encourage developing countries …