Is Foreign Aid Fungible? Evidence from the Education and Health Sectors

Is Foreign Aid Fungible? Evidence from the Education and Health Sectors

This paper adopts a new approach to the issue of foreign aid fungibility. Unlike most existing empirical studies, I employ panel data that contain information on the specific purposes for which aid is given. This approach enables me to link aid that is provided for education and health purposes to r...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Van de Sijpe, Nicolas
Format: Journal Article
Language:en_US
Published: Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank 2014
Subjects:
aid effectiveness
birth rate
economic growth
expenditure
female
fungibility
health expenditures
health services
mortality
pollution
public expenditures
public health
social policy
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21012

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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21012

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