We investigate how voluntary contributions to community-specific public goods affect (a) the relationship between inequality of incomes and inequality of welfare outcomes, and (b) individuals’ material incentives for supporting income redistribution. We show that the nominal distribution of...

This paper suggests a framework for analyzing aid dependence, particularly in Africa. It argues that aid dependence, and not necessarily a low volume of assistance, is the major problem. It considers the context of the micro-institutional mechanisms of aid delivery, and the context of the...

As Ghana enters its second half century, we are faced with a paradox. Despite a solid transition to democracy in the political situation, despite recorded recovery in the last fifteen years from the economic malaise of the two decades preceding, and despite reductions in measured poverty, there...