Publication
Dec 2007
This paper reviews contending studies of how much foreign aid affects country-level outcomes such as economic growth and school attendance rates. The author concludes that aid has eradicated diseases, prevented famines and done many other positive things but that given the limited and noisy data available, its effects on growth cannot be confirmed.
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Author | David Roodman |
Series | CGD Working Papers |
Issue | 134 |
Publisher | Center for Global Development (CGD) |
Copyright | © 2007 Center for Global Development (CGD) |