Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/76719 
Year of Publication: 
2013
Series/Report no.: 
Kiel Working Paper No. 1852
Publisher: 
Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW), Kiel
Abstract: 
Recent studies offer an ambiguous picture on the effectiveness of foreign aid in strengthening the export capacity of recipient countries. Moreover, the literature on aid for trade (AfT) has often neglected that exporters in the donor countries may be among the main beneficiaries. We hypothesize that AfT is as much in the self-interest of donor countries as it may have promoted the exports of recipient countries. We simultaneously estimate and compare the effects of AfT on trade in both directions. We find that AfT increases recipient exports to donors as well as recipient imports from donors. The first effect tends to dominate the latter, which contradicts the skeptical view that donors grant AfT primarily to promote their own export interests.
Subjects: 
aid effectiveness
aid for trade
recipient exports
donor exports
JEL: 
F35
F14
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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