This paper confirms recent evidence of a positive impact of aid on growth and widens the scope of evaluation to a range … of outcomes including proximate sources of growth (e.g., physical and human capital), indicators of social welfare (e … coherent and favorable pattern of results emerges. Aid has over the past forty years stimulated growth, promoted structural …

studies like the 2008 Growth Commission Report noted the importance of leadership in development. This and other studies …

trends. We evaluate the implications of climate change for overall growth and development prospects to 2050. We focus on … three impact channels: agriculture, road infrastructure, and hydropower generation while accounting explicitly for the … uncertainty in climate forecasts. We find that climate change is unlikely to substantially slow overall economic growth over the …

relationship between inequality and growth, the role of agriculture in the development process, the relationships between ethnicity …

Researchers have linked sub-Saharan Africa's (SSA) poor growth performance in recent decades to several factors … identifies linkages between gender, economic development, and growth, however. This paper explores the macro effects of gender … stimulus to growth in a number of SSA countries underscores the importance of assessing the gender effect of macroeconomic …

the world. Using AidData for 2000-13, this paper examines the effects of aid to productive sectors on manufacturing growth … in Africa. Econometric results show that increased assistance to these sectors is associated with an increase in growth … productive sectors and growth of the manufacturing sector. These findings make an important contribution to the economic …

outcomes: economic growth, health and education as two dimensions of human development, and governance, with a focus on …

This paper aims to decompose the sources of growth in economies in the Southern African region's Common Monetary Area … and in the provinces of South Africa. Decomposition results for the Common Monetary Area reveal that the growth of … from shifts in technology. Countries experiencing input-driven growth in the secondary sector, such as Namibia and Eswatini …