A Meta Study on Aid and Growth
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- Based on an overall rather weak theoretical foundation, the role of foreign aid in economic development remains a matter of debate in the public as well as the academic discourse. A detailed review of primary empirical studies on aid effectiveness could neither prove nor rule out the relevance of monetary and material foreign assistance for economic development in recipient countries. Positively as well as negatively associated priors shape the view on aid of the general public just as much as they influence ‘objective’ research. Considering the results of the meta-analysis, the true value for the genuine empirical effect of aid on growth should lie at a partial correlation of betweenBased on an overall rather weak theoretical foundation, the role of foreign aid in economic development remains a matter of debate in the public as well as the academic discourse. A detailed review of primary empirical studies on aid effectiveness could neither prove nor rule out the relevance of monetary and material foreign assistance for economic development in recipient countries. Positively as well as negatively associated priors shape the view on aid of the general public just as much as they influence ‘objective’ research. Considering the results of the meta-analysis, the true value for the genuine empirical effect of aid on growth should lie at a partial correlation of between 0.0183 and 0.0218. This effect is likely to be different from zero, even though the effect size is relatively small in statistical terms.…
Author: | Stefan Wagner |
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Persistent identifiers - URN: | urn:nbn:de:bvb:29-opus4-177318 |
Referee: | Jürgen Kähler |
Advisor: | Uwe Mummert |
Document Type: | Doctoral Thesis |
Language: | English |
Year of publication: | 2021 |
Date of online publication (Embargo Date): | 2021/11/28 |
Publishing Institution: | Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) |
Granting institution: | Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Philosophische Fakultät und Fachbereich Theologie |
Acceptance date of the thesis: | 2021/03/29 |
Release Date: | 2021/12/06 |
Tag: | Aid; Growth; Meta-Analysis |
Institutes: | Philosophische Fakultät und Fachbereich Theologie |
Dewey Decimal Classification: | 3 Sozialwissenschaften / 33 Wirtschaft / 339 Makroökonomie und verwandte Themen |
open_access (DINI-Set): | open_access |
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