Aid, Policy, and Growth in Post-Conflict Societies
Countries emerging from civil war attract both aid and policy advice. This paper provides the first systematic empirical analysis of aid and policy reform in the post-conflict growth process. It is based on a comprehensive data set of large civil w...
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okr-10986-192202021-04-23T14:03:42Z Aid, Policy, and Growth in Post-Conflict Societies Collier, Paul Hoeffler, Anke CIVIL CONFLICT CIVIL WAR CIVIL WARS COMBAT CONFLICT COUNTRIES CONFLICTS DEBT DEFENSE DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME ECONOMIC GROWTH FOREIGN AID GROWTH IN POST-CONFLICT SOCIETIES IDENTIFIABLE REBEL ORGANIZATION INTERNAL CONFLICT LEVELS OF POVERTY PEACE PERIOD PEACE PERIODS POOR POST- CONFLICT POST- CONFLICT COUNTRIES POST- CONFLICT PEACE POST- CONFLICT PERIOD POST- CONFLICT SITUATIONS POST-CONFLICT POST-CONFLICT COUNTRIES POST-CONFLICT EPISODES POST-CONFLICT PEACE POST-CONFLICT PERIOD POST-CONFLICT SITUATIONS POST-CONFLICT SOCIETY POVERTY REDUCTION RECONSTRUCTION RISK OF CONFLICT SOCIAL POLICIES AID COORDINATION & COFINANCING POLICY REFORM POST-CONFLICT RECONSTRUCTION GROWTH PROMOTION ECONOMIC RECOVERY ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY SOCIAL POLICY MACROECONOMIC POLICY Countries emerging from civil war attract both aid and policy advice. This paper provides the first systematic empirical analysis of aid and policy reform in the post-conflict growth process. It is based on a comprehensive data set of large civil wars and covers 27 countries that were in their first decade of post-conflict economic recovery during the 1990s. The authors first investigate whether the absorptive capacity for aid is systematically different in post-conflict countries. They find that during the first three post-conflict years, absorptive capacity is no greater than normal, but that in the rest of the first decade it is approximately double its normal level. So ideally, aid should phase in during the decade. Historically, aid has not, on average, been higher in post-conflict societies, and it has tended to taper out over the course of the decade. The authors then investigate whether the contribution of policy to growth is systematically different in post-conflict countries, and in particular, whether particular components of policy are differentially important. For this they use the World Bank policy rating database. The authors find that growth is more sensitive to policy in post-conflict societies. Comparing the efficacy of different policies, they find that social policies are differentially important relative to macroeconomic policies. However, historically, this does not appear to have been how policy reform has been prioritized in post-conflict societies. 2014-08-01T19:24:47Z 2014-08-01T19:24:47Z 2002-10 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/10/2032624/aid-policy-growth-post-conflict-societies http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19220 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 2902 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research |
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CIVIL CONFLICT CIVIL WAR CIVIL WARS COMBAT CONFLICT COUNTRIES CONFLICTS DEBT DEFENSE DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME ECONOMIC GROWTH FOREIGN AID GROWTH IN POST-CONFLICT SOCIETIES IDENTIFIABLE REBEL ORGANIZATION INTERNAL CONFLICT LEVELS OF POVERTY PEACE PERIOD PEACE PERIODS POOR POST- CONFLICT POST- CONFLICT COUNTRIES POST- CONFLICT PEACE POST- CONFLICT PERIOD POST- CONFLICT SITUATIONS POST-CONFLICT POST-CONFLICT COUNTRIES POST-CONFLICT EPISODES POST-CONFLICT PEACE POST-CONFLICT PERIOD POST-CONFLICT SITUATIONS POST-CONFLICT SOCIETY POVERTY REDUCTION RECONSTRUCTION RISK OF CONFLICT SOCIAL POLICIES AID COORDINATION & COFINANCING POLICY REFORM POST-CONFLICT RECONSTRUCTION GROWTH PROMOTION ECONOMIC RECOVERY ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY SOCIAL POLICY MACROECONOMIC POLICY |
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CIVIL CONFLICT CIVIL WAR CIVIL WARS COMBAT CONFLICT COUNTRIES CONFLICTS DEBT DEFENSE DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME ECONOMIC GROWTH FOREIGN AID GROWTH IN POST-CONFLICT SOCIETIES IDENTIFIABLE REBEL ORGANIZATION INTERNAL CONFLICT LEVELS OF POVERTY PEACE PERIOD PEACE PERIODS POOR POST- CONFLICT POST- CONFLICT COUNTRIES POST- CONFLICT PEACE POST- CONFLICT PERIOD POST- CONFLICT SITUATIONS POST-CONFLICT POST-CONFLICT COUNTRIES POST-CONFLICT EPISODES POST-CONFLICT PEACE POST-CONFLICT PERIOD POST-CONFLICT SITUATIONS POST-CONFLICT SOCIETY POVERTY REDUCTION RECONSTRUCTION RISK OF CONFLICT SOCIAL POLICIES AID COORDINATION & COFINANCING POLICY REFORM POST-CONFLICT RECONSTRUCTION GROWTH PROMOTION ECONOMIC RECOVERY ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY SOCIAL POLICY MACROECONOMIC POLICY Collier, Paul Hoeffler, Anke Aid, Policy, and Growth in Post-Conflict Societies |
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Countries emerging from civil war
attract both aid and policy advice. This paper provides the
first systematic empirical analysis of aid and policy reform
in the post-conflict growth process. It is based on a
comprehensive data set of large civil wars and covers 27
countries that were in their first decade of post-conflict
economic recovery during the 1990s. The authors first
investigate whether the absorptive capacity for aid is
systematically different in post-conflict countries. They
find that during the first three post-conflict years,
absorptive capacity is no greater than normal, but that in
the rest of the first decade it is approximately double its
normal level. So ideally, aid should phase in during the
decade. Historically, aid has not, on average, been higher
in post-conflict societies, and it has tended to taper out
over the course of the decade. The authors then investigate
whether the contribution of policy to growth is
systematically different in post-conflict countries, and in
particular, whether particular components of policy are
differentially important. For this they use the World Bank
policy rating database. The authors find that growth is more
sensitive to policy in post-conflict societies. Comparing
the efficacy of different policies, they find that social
policies are differentially important relative to
macroeconomic policies. However, historically, this does not
appear to have been how policy reform has been prioritized
in post-conflict societies. |
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Collier, Paul Hoeffler, Anke |
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Collier, Paul Hoeffler, Anke |
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Collier, Paul |
| title |
Aid, Policy, and Growth in Post-Conflict Societies |
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Aid, Policy, and Growth in Post-Conflict Societies |
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Aid, Policy, and Growth in Post-Conflict Societies |
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Aid, Policy, and Growth in Post-Conflict Societies |
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Aid, Policy, and Growth in Post-Conflict Societies |
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aid, policy, and growth in post-conflict societies |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2014 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/10/2032624/aid-policy-growth-post-conflict-societies http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19220 |
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