Most of the aid effectiveness literature has focused on the potential growth effects of
aggregate aid, with inconclusive results. Considering that donors have repeatedly stressed …

We examine how donor government ideology influences the composition of foreign aid
flows. We use data for 23 OECD countries over the period 1960–2009 and distinguish …

We analyze the relationship between per capita income and foreign aid. We employ annual
data and five‐year averages and carefully examine the time‐series properties of the data …

The cross-country literature on foreign aid effectiveness has relied on the use of instruments
to distinguish causality from mere correlation. This paper uses simple non-instrumental …

Human capital and functionalist paradigms underpin the stance taken by most governments
to education policy. These models have also had a profound effect upon the determination …

This paper examines the main characteristics of the (re-) emerging foreign aid policies of the
Visegrád countries (the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia), concentrating on the …

Asian developmental states do not rely on high levels of taxation. Their key features are the
capacity to commit and intervene credibly in the form of policies directed towards growth …

Despite global efforts to expand educational opportunities for women, gender inequalities
persist in many developing countries. Addressing the root causes of gender inequalities in …

The paper applies an alternative approach to assess whether foreign aid promotes
economic growth in developing countries, based on the concept of temporary growth …

The present paper serves as an introduction to this special issue providing a justification for,
and linking and introducing to the articles that follow. A central message emanating from the …