Does Foreign Aid Reduce Poverty? Empirical Evidence from Nongovernmental and Bilateral Aid

This paper assesses the effectiveness of foreign aid in reducing poverty through its impact on human development indicators. We use a dataset of both bilateral aid and NGO aid flows. Our results show that NGO aid reduces infant mortality and does so more effectively than official bilateral aid. The...

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Main Author: Yontcheva, Boriana
Other Authors: Masud, Nadia
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. International Monetary Fund 2005
Series:IMF Working Papers
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