Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/123546 
Year of Publication: 
2012
Series/Report no.: 
AGDI Working Paper No. WP/12/008
Publisher: 
African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI), Yaoundé
Abstract: 
This paper assesses the effectiveness of foreign aid in improving government institutions in 52 African countries using updated data (1996-2010). Findings suggest development assistance deteriorates government quality dynamics of corruption-control, political-stability, rule of law, regulation quality, voice and accountability and government effectiveness. It is therefore a momentous epoque to solve the second tragedy of foreign aid; high time economists and policy makers start rethinking the models and theories on which foreign aid is based. In the meantime, it is up to people who really care about the poor to hold aid agencies accountable for results.
Subjects: 
Foreign Aid
Political Economy
Development
Africa
JEL: 
B20
F35
F50
O10
O55
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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