Purpose The purpose of this paper is to empirically examine the effectiveness of foreign aid
in improving economic growth prospects in the sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) region from 1993 …

We use panel data (covering the period 2002–2010) from 13 MENA countries and control for
several relevant variables, including secondary school enrolments, adult fertility rates …

Foreign aid with the aim of propagating growth and development in developing countries
has been in existence since the end of World War II. Africa as the recipient of aid over this …

Since the end of the Second World War, developing countries have been the recipient of
significant amounts of foreign aid, provided mainly with the aim of easing poverty and …

To shed light on the question of whether or not institutional similarity always increases
bilateral trade, we divide institutional quality into the low level (one standard deviation below …

In this paper, we address the question of whether official development assistance promotes
gender equality in the Middle East and North Africa region by examining the effects of aid to …

The question of whether remittances and foreign aid at the macro level impact private
consumption in SSA has been explored in this study. Twenty-nine (29) SSA countries were …

Foreign aid and its effectiveness is one of the most controversial topics in development
economics, international development and international political economy. Yet, in spite of …

We explore the effects of foreign aid on FDI in a large number of aid-recipient countries
using data since the mid-1980s. We control for the various determinants of FDI and we …

This study examines the role of official development assistance (ODA) in affecting
adolescent fertility rates in low-and middle-income countries. Approximately 95% of …