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Author Akramov, Kamil, author.

Title Foreign aid allocation, governance, and economic growth / Kamiljon T. Akramov
Edition 1st ed
Published Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2012

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 164 pages) : illustrations
Series EBL-Schweitzer
Contents Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Overview of Previous Studies -- 3 Data and Descriptive Analysis -- 4 Aid Allocation -- 5 Aid and Economic Growth -- 6 Conclusion -- A Development Thinking and Foreign Aid -- B Lists of Donors and Aid Recipients -- C Definitions and Sources of Regression Variables -- D Descriptive Summary Statistics -- E General Characteristics of Political Rights Scores and Civil Liberties Scores -- F Governance and Rent Extraction-Efficiency Trade-off in Aid Allocation -- G Derivation of the Growth Equation Augmented with Human Capital -- References -- Index -- About the Author
Summary Kamiljon T. Akramov investigates the effectiveness of foreign aid to developing countries by comparing the results of aid allocated to a recipient's production sectors, economic infrastructure, or social sectors
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes In English
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Subject Economic assistance -- Developing countries -- Evaluation
Economic development -- Social aspects -- Developing countries
Economic indicators -- Developing countries
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- Economic Development.
Economic assistance -- Evaluation
Economic development -- Social aspects
Economic history
Economic indicators
SUBJECT Developing countries -- Economic conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85037344
Subject Developing countries
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780812207736
0812207734