Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/155582 
Year of Publication: 
2017
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 6340
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
We review the aid effectiveness literature to assess whether foreign aid given to areas of limited statehood can be expected to promote economic and social outcomes in the recipient country. We distinguish different types of aid, motives for granting it, recipient country policies and characteristics, and modalities by which aid is delivered, as these factors have been argued to influence the effectiveness of aid. In short, aid is most likely to be successful if given for non-strategic motives, and if given to recipient countries with “good” policies and democratic institutions. Fragmented aid and aid amounts that exceed the absorptive capacity of the recipient reduce the effectiveness of aid. We then compare these properties between recipients most affected by limited statehood and those least affected. This allows us to assess the relative effectiveness of aid in countries with areas of limited statehood. We conclude that on average aid given there is less likely to be effective than elsewhere.
Subjects: 
aid effectiveness
fragile states
limited statehood
JEL: 
F35
H77
O47
O57
P26
Document Type: 
Working Paper
Appears in Collections:

Files in This Item:
File
Size





Items in EconStor are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.