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.show moreshow less

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Author:Stefan Wagner
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
Licence (German):Keine Creative Commons Lizenz - es gilt der Veröffentlichungsvertrag und das deutsche Urheberrecht
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