Are there Negative Returns to Aid? a Comment

Author/Editor:

Mwanza Nkusu

Publication Date:

November 1, 2004

Electronic Access:

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Summary:

Amid controversies surrounding aid effectiveness, an increasing number of empirical studies find support for the idea that aid can spur growth and that the aid-growth relationship is nonlinear. Lensink and White propose a model to illustrate the possible existence of what has been labeled an "aid Laffer curve." This short paper highlights the model's weaknesses and suggests that the model does not fulfill the purpose of illustrating the possible existence of negative returns to aid.

Series:

Working Paper No. 2004/212

Subject:

Technology

English

Publication Date:

November 1, 2004

ISBN/ISSN:

9781451874921/1018-5941

Stock No:

WPIEA2122004

Pages:

12

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