Bangladesh is currently in the midst of a deadly political crisis. When Bangladesh was born forty-plus years ago, it was generally thought that the Achilles heel of this newly minted country will be its economy. History has, however, proved it wrong. Though the proximate cause of this current...

This paper provides a critical review of aid effectiveness in Bangladesh. Focusing on the contributions of major donors, the paper uses a triangulation approach to assess aid effectiveness, based on the evaluations of donors and recipients. This approach was motivated by the deficiencies of the...

This paper provides a critical review of aid effectiveness in Bangladesh. Focusing on the contributions of major donors, the paper uses a triangulation approach to assess aid effectiveness, based on the evaluations of donors and recipients. This approach was motivated by the deficiencies of the...

The history of foreign aid has been inextricably linked with corruption. Since the inception of International Development Association(IDA) in 1960, with its concessional lending to developing countries, a large body of writings has emerged on the corrosive effect of corruption that undermines...

This paper provides a critical review of the recent research on aid effectiveness. It argues that there is an enormous disjunction between research on aid effectiveness and current policies and practices: in particular, recent empirical research efforts have spawned a large body of work that is...

This paper provides a critical review of the recent research on aid effectiveness. It argues that there is an enormous disjunction between research on aid effectiveness and current policies and practices: in particular, recent empirical research efforts have spawned a large body of work that is...

This essay explores the relationship between political regime and critical economic outcomes such as economic growth and poverty reduction. The organization of the paper is as follows. Section 2 makes a brief review of the economic performance of developing Asian economies over the last four...

Poverty and Policy in the Developing World: Before and After the Pandemic By M.G. Quibria, Morgan State University This paper begins with the definition, measurement and other conceptual issues related to poverty in the developing world. It then makes an international comparison of experiences...

Rapid growth in a number of East Asian economies over the last three decades has been facilitated by an effective strategy of human resource development. The principal element of this strategy has been to provide basic education and health to a wider segment of society. This strategy helped...

One of the persistent, unresolved controversies of economic development is the effectiveness of development assistance —whether foreign aid contributes to economic development. This article argues that this controversy is largely an artifact of a methodology that focuses on the “averages”...