New Data, New Doubts: Revisiting "Aid, Policies, and Growth" - Working Paper 26

Ross Levine; David Roodman

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Ross Levine

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July 13, 2005

The Burnside and Dollar (2000) finding that aid raises growth in a good policy environment has had an important influence on policy and academic debates. We conduct a data gathering exercise that updates their data from 1970—93 to 1970—97, as well as filling in missing data for the original period 1970—93. We find that the BD finding is not robust to the use of this additional data. (JEL F350, O230, O400)

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Topics

Aid Effectiveness

Poverty and Inequality

World Bank

Private Investment for Growth and Development

Regions

Africa

Asia

CITATION

Levine, Ross, and David Roodman. 2005. New Data, New Doubts: Revisiting "Aid, Policies, and Growth" - Working Paper 26. Center for Global Development.

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