Contents:
1. Introduction
B. Mak Arvin and Byron Lew
PART I AID FLOWS AND THE ALLOCATION OF AID
2. Performance Based Allocation (PBA) of Foreign Aid: Still Alive?
Patrick Guillaumont and Laurent Wagner
3. Aid and Reverse Flows: A Global Analysis
Anupam Das and John Serieux
4. Determining Aid Allocation Decision-Making: Towards a Comparative Sectored Approach
Caryn Peiffer and Constantine Boussalis
5. Samaritan’s Dilemma, Time-Inconsistency and Foreign Aid: A Review of the Theoretical Models
Alok Kumar
6. MDGs and International Cooperation: An Analysis of Private and Public Aid and the Role of Education
Maria-Carmen Guisan, Eva Aguayo, and Pilar Exposito
7. Geographical Allocation of Aid: Lessons from Political Economy
Sergio Tezanos Vázquez
8. China's Aid and FDI Flows to Africa: Strategic Interest or Economic Motivation?
Byron Lew and B. Mak Arvin
PART II AID AND TRADE
9. Inter-Linkages of Foreign Aid and Trade Policy in Trade-Theoretic Frameworks
Sajal Lahiri
10. Aid for Trade: Assessing the Effects on Recipient Exports of Manufactures and Primary Commodities to Donors and Non-Donors
Philipp Hühne, Birgit Meyer and Peter Nunnenkamp
11. Aid for Trade: The Case of Asia and Oceania Nations
Rukmani Gounder
12. The Trade Effects of Foreign Aid - An Empirical Perspective
Inmaculada Martinez-Zarzoso
13. Foreign Aid, International Trade, and Financial Crises: A Developing Country Perspective
Jose Brambila-Macias, Isabella Massa, and Matthew Salois
PART III IMPACT OF AID
14. The Macroeconomic Impact of Aid in Recipient Countries: Old Wine in New Bottles?
George Mavrotas
15. Foreign Aid, Economic Growth, FDI, and Trade Openness in Lower Middle-Income Countries: A Dynamic Panel Data Analysis
Rudra Pradhan and B. Mak Arvin
16. Informal Influence on Multilateral Lending: The Case of the Inter-American Development Bank
Elizabeth Bland and Christopher Kilby
17. Donors Helping Themselves
David Sogge
18. Aid and Corruption: an Incentive Problem
Alessia Isopi
19. The Evolving Debate of the Effect of Foreign Aid on Corruption and Institutions in Africa
Simplice A. Asongu
PART IV AID EFFECTIVENESS
20. Finally a Breakthrough? The Recent Rise in the Size of the Estimates of Aid Effectiveness
Hristos Doucouliagos and Martin Paldam
21. On the Heterogeneous Impact of Aid on Growth: A Review of the Evidence
Lisa Chauvet
22. Aid, Growth, Policies, and Fragility
Mark McGillivray and Simon Feeny
23. Does Real Exchange Rate Appreciation Undermine Aid Effectiveness? Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa
David Fielding and Fred Gibson
24. The Effects of Education Aid on Primary Schooling in Developing Countries
Eskander Alvi and Debasri Mukherjee
25. A Case Study of Aid Effectiveness in Bangladesh: Development with Governance Challenges
M.G. Quibria and Anika L. Islam
26. Foreign Aid to Foster Greener Cities: What Do We Know?
Sandrine Kablan
PART V AID POLICIES
27. Foreign Aid and Policy Coherence for Development
Stephen Brown
28. Making Aid Work: Governance and Decentralization
Gil S. Epstein and Ira N. Gang
29. Donor Competition for Influence in Recipient Countries
Rachael Calleja and Dane Rowlands
30. The Rise of Multi-Bi Aid and the Proliferation of Trust Funds
Bernhard Reinsberg, Katharina Michaelowa, and Vera Z. Eichenauer
31. Aid and Taxation
Oliver Morrissey and Samantha Torrance
32. Aid and Microfinance
Niels Hermes and Robert Lensink
Index
1. Introduction
B. Mak Arvin and Byron Lew
PART I AID FLOWS AND THE ALLOCATION OF AID
2. Performance Based Allocation (PBA) of Foreign Aid: Still Alive?
Patrick Guillaumont and Laurent Wagner
3. Aid and Reverse Flows: A Global Analysis
Anupam Das and John Serieux
4. Determining Aid Allocation Decision-Making: Towards a Comparative Sectored Approach
Caryn Peiffer and Constantine Boussalis
5. Samaritan’s Dilemma, Time-Inconsistency and Foreign Aid: A Review of the Theoretical Models
Alok Kumar
6. MDGs and International Cooperation: An Analysis of Private and Public Aid and the Role of Education
Maria-Carmen Guisan, Eva Aguayo, and Pilar Exposito
7. Geographical Allocation of Aid: Lessons from Political Economy
Sergio Tezanos Vázquez
8. China's Aid and FDI Flows to Africa: Strategic Interest or Economic Motivation?
Byron Lew and B. Mak Arvin
PART II AID AND TRADE
9. Inter-Linkages of Foreign Aid and Trade Policy in Trade-Theoretic Frameworks
Sajal Lahiri
10. Aid for Trade: Assessing the Effects on Recipient Exports of Manufactures and Primary Commodities to Donors and Non-Donors
Philipp Hühne, Birgit Meyer and Peter Nunnenkamp
11. Aid for Trade: The Case of Asia and Oceania Nations
Rukmani Gounder
12. The Trade Effects of Foreign Aid - An Empirical Perspective
Inmaculada Martinez-Zarzoso
13. Foreign Aid, International Trade, and Financial Crises: A Developing Country Perspective
Jose Brambila-Macias, Isabella Massa, and Matthew Salois
PART III IMPACT OF AID
14. The Macroeconomic Impact of Aid in Recipient Countries: Old Wine in New Bottles?
George Mavrotas
15. Foreign Aid, Economic Growth, FDI, and Trade Openness in Lower Middle-Income Countries: A Dynamic Panel Data Analysis
Rudra Pradhan and B. Mak Arvin
16. Informal Influence on Multilateral Lending: The Case of the Inter-American Development Bank
Elizabeth Bland and Christopher Kilby
17. Donors Helping Themselves
David Sogge
18. Aid and Corruption: an Incentive Problem
Alessia Isopi
19. The Evolving Debate of the Effect of Foreign Aid on Corruption and Institutions in Africa
Simplice A. Asongu
PART IV AID EFFECTIVENESS
20. Finally a Breakthrough? The Recent Rise in the Size of the Estimates of Aid Effectiveness
Hristos Doucouliagos and Martin Paldam
21. On the Heterogeneous Impact of Aid on Growth: A Review of the Evidence
Lisa Chauvet
22. Aid, Growth, Policies, and Fragility
Mark McGillivray and Simon Feeny
23. Does Real Exchange Rate Appreciation Undermine Aid Effectiveness? Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa
David Fielding and Fred Gibson
24. The Effects of Education Aid on Primary Schooling in Developing Countries
Eskander Alvi and Debasri Mukherjee
25. A Case Study of Aid Effectiveness in Bangladesh: Development with Governance Challenges
M.G. Quibria and Anika L. Islam
26. Foreign Aid to Foster Greener Cities: What Do We Know?
Sandrine Kablan
PART V AID POLICIES
27. Foreign Aid and Policy Coherence for Development
Stephen Brown
28. Making Aid Work: Governance and Decentralization
Gil S. Epstein and Ira N. Gang
29. Donor Competition for Influence in Recipient Countries
Rachael Calleja and Dane Rowlands
30. The Rise of Multi-Bi Aid and the Proliferation of Trust Funds
Bernhard Reinsberg, Katharina Michaelowa, and Vera Z. Eichenauer
31. Aid and Taxation
Oliver Morrissey and Samantha Torrance
32. Aid and Microfinance
Niels Hermes and Robert Lensink
Index