DOES FOREIGN AID REDUCE POVERTY?

被引：61

作者：

Alvi, Eskander ^{[2
]}

Senbeta, Aberra ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Bloomsburg Univ Penn, Dept Econ, Bloomsburg, PA 17815 USA

[2] Western Michigan Univ, Dept Econ, Kalamazoo, MI USA

来源：

JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT | 2012年 / 24卷 / 08期

关键词：

foreign aid; poverty; economic growth; developing countries; PANEL-DATA; GROWTH; POLICIES; INSTITUTIONS; INEQUALITY; COMPONENTS; FINANCE;

D O I：

10.1002/jid.1790

中图分类号：

F0 [经济学]; F1 [世界各国经济概况、经济史、经济地理]; C [社会科学总论];

学科分类号：

0201 ; 020105 ; 03 ; 0303 ;

摘要：

This paper examines the effect of foreign aid on poverty. The impact of aid on poverty is assessed using dynamic panel estimation techniques, which enable us to control for time-invariant country-specific effects and endogeneity of aid. The results suggest that aid has a significant poverty-reducing effect even after controlling for average income. Specifically, foreign aid is associated with a decline in poverty as measured by the poverty rate, poverty gap index and squared poverty gap index. We also find that the composition of aid mattersmultilateral aid and grants do better in reducing poverty than bilateral aid and loans. Copyright (C) 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

引用

页码：955 / 976

页数：22

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