The Return to Foreign Aid
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We estimate the average rate of return on investments financed by aid and by domestic resource mobilisation, using aggregate data. Both returns are expected to vary across countries and time. Consequently we develop a correlated random coefficients model to estimate the average returns. Across different estimators and
two different data sources for GDP and investment our findings are remarkably robust; the average gross return on ‘aid investments’ is about 20 per cent. This is in accord with micro estimates of the economic rate of return on aid projects and with aggregate estimates of the rate of return on public capital.
two different data sources for GDP and investment our findings are remarkably robust; the average gross return on ‘aid investments’ is about 20 per cent. This is in accord with micro estimates of the economic rate of return on aid projects and with aggregate estimates of the rate of return on public capital.
Original language | English |
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Journal | Journal of Development Studies |
Volume | 53 |
Issue number | 7 |
Pages (from-to) | 998-1018 |
Number of pages | 20 |
ISSN | 0022-0388 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 19 Jun 2017 |
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- https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/00220388.2017.1303674?needAccess=true
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