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Fuchs, Andreas; Gröger, André; Heidland, Tobias; … - 2023

The widespread use of foreign aid to address the "root causes" of irregular migration lacks a robust empirical foundation. In a new study (Fuchs, A., A. Groeger, T. Heidland, and L. Wellner (2023). The Effect of Foreign Aid on Migration: Global Micro-Evidence from World Bank Projects. Kiel...

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Reduziert Entwicklungshilfe Migration?

Fuchs, Andreas; Gröger, André; Heidland, Tobias; … - 2023

Der weit verbreitete Einsatz von Entwicklungshilfe zur Bekämpfung von "Fluchtursachen" oder, präziser formuliert, irregulärer Migration, entbehrt einer soliden empirischen Grundlage. In einer neuen Studie (Fuchs, A., A. Groeger, T. Heidland, and L. Wellner (2023). The Effect of Foreign Aid on...

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Foreign aid and decentralization: Policies for autonomy and programming for responsiveness

Dickovick, J. Tyler - 2013

Donor support for decentralization comes in two main categories: recommendations at the policy level and project activities at the programming level. At the policy level, donors promote decentralization by recommending greater autonomy for subnational actors. That is, they advocate for reforms...

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Aid as a second-best solution: Seven problems of effectiveness and how to tackle them

Manning, Richard - 2012

Most rich countries developed without aid, and this 'self-development' has some intrinsic advantages. In today …'s massively unequal world, however, such an approach would imply very low levels of human development for several generations for …

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Structuring international financial support for climate change mitigation in developing countries

Neuhoff, Karsten; Fankhauser, Sam; Guerin, Emmanuel; … - 2010

In the Copenhagen Accord of December 2009, developed countries agreed to provide start-up finance for adaptation in developing countries and expressed the ambition to scale this up to $100 billion per year by 2020. The financial mechanisms to deliver this support have to be tailored to country...

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Foreign aid: A fillip for development or a fuel for corruption?

Blackburn, Keith; Forgues-Puccio, Gonzalo F. - 2011

We present an analysis of the effects of foreign aid on economic development when the quality of governance may be … may be summarized as follows: (1) corruption impedes economic development and compromises the effectiveness of aid … programmers; (2) the incidence of corruption may, itself, be affected by both the development process and the donation of aid; (3 …

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Does female empowerment promote economic development?

Doepke, Matthias; Tertilt, Michèle - 2011

Empirical evidence suggests that money in the hands of mothers (as opposed to their husbands) benefits children. Does this observation imply that targeting transfers to women is good economic policy? We develop a series of noncooperative family bargaining models to understand what kind of...

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Toward the enhanced effectiveness of foreign aid

Ranis, Gustav - 2007

At the very time that professional skepticism concerning the effectiveness of foreign aid has reached new heights, donors seem to be ready to substantially increase the volume of aid they are willing to make available. This paper attempts to address this paradox by first examining the record of...

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Diamonds, foreign aid, and the uncertain prospects for post-conflict reconstruction in Sierra Leone

Grant, J. Andrew - 2005

This article examines the external and internal dimensions of post-conflict reconstruction in Sierra Leone. The United Nations, bilateral donors such as the United Kingdom, and transnational non-governmental organizations and aid agencies have been instrumental in providing much-needed external...

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Economic partnership agreements Start of negotiations

Europäische Kommission / Generaldirektion Entwicklung; … - 2002

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