Aid ineffectiveness, fragmentation, and volatility have already been highlighted by scholars and OECD studies. Far … unexplained.<BR>L’inefficacité, la fragmentation et la volatilité de l’aide au développement ont été souvent soulignées dans les … allocation of foreign aid, proposing different indexes that try to capture the specific features of aid allocation. Of course …

The report argues that aid volatility is an important source of volatility for the poorest countries. Following a … floating grace period, which the country could draw upon when hit by a shock. The definition of a shock should include aid … instrument towards Low-Income Countries, the Poverty-Reducing and Growth Facility (PRGF).<BR>Le rapport montre que l’aide aux …

Although there exists a vast literature on aid efficiency (the effect of aid on GDP), and that aid allocation … determinants have been estimated, little is known about the minute details of aid allocation. This article investigates empirically … a claim repeatedly made in the past that aid donors herd. Building upon a methodology applied to financial markets, this …

Although there exists a vast literature on aid efficiency (the effect of aid on GDP), and that aid allocation … determinants have been estimated, little is known about the minute details of aid allocation. This article investigates empirically … a claim repeatedly made in the past that aid donors herd. Building upon a methodology applied to financial markets, this …

assistance (ODA), and Ecuador, as a partner and recipient of development aid. It seeks to assess the potential (in …, et l’Équateur, pays partenaire et récipiendaire de l’aide au développement. On cherche à établir les (in …

for bilateral donors but also that aid fragmentation and strategic behavior affect aid allocation. Multilaterals solve …Why would bilateral donors intermediate aid through a multilateral and not extend aid directly? This paper suggests a … regressions with bilateral-pair, fixed effects to model aid allocation decisions. The results confirm that politics is important …

This paper measures and compares fragmentation in aid sectors. Past studies focused on aggregate country data but a … sector analysis provides a better picture of fragmentation. We start by counting the number of aid projects in the developing … shift towards social sectors and, as a consequence, these are the most fragmented. We quantify fragmentation in each aid …

to aid volatility, already considered to be an issue. We do not find any negative and significant correlations between … the current debate on aid fragmentation by providing trends for the last 50 years. We show that aid donors have constantly …This paper presents stylised facts about development aid and capital flows to developing countries. It compares their …

investigates why aid to agriculture has been low, and how the share of ODA to agriculture can be improved. …