TY - UNPB

T1 - Aid and Growth

T2 - What Meta-Analysis Reveals

AU - Mekasha, Tseday Jemaneh

AU - Tarp, Finn

N1 - JEL classification: F35, O1, O4

PY - 2011/4

Y1 - 2011/4

N2 - Some recent literature in the meta-analysis category where results from a range of studies are brought together throws doubt on the ability of foreign aid to foster economic growth and development. This paper assesses what meta-analysis has to say about the effectiveness of foreign aid in terms of the growth impact. We re-examine key hypotheses, and find that the effect of aid on growth is positive and statistically significant. This significant effect is genuine, and not an artefact of publication selection. We also show why our results differ from those published elsewhere.

AB - Some recent literature in the meta-analysis category where results from a range of studies are brought together throws doubt on the ability of foreign aid to foster economic growth and development. This paper assesses what meta-analysis has to say about the effectiveness of foreign aid in terms of the growth impact. We re-examine key hypotheses, and find that the effect of aid on growth is positive and statistically significant. This significant effect is genuine, and not an artefact of publication selection. We also show why our results differ from those published elsewhere.

KW - Faculty of Social Sciences

M3 - Working paper

SN - 978-9292303853

BT - Aid and Growth

PB - UNU-WIDER

CY - Helsinki

ER -