Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/123620 
Year of Publication: 
2014
Series/Report no.: 
AGDI Working Paper No. WP/14/003
Publisher: 
African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI), Yaoundé
Abstract: 
The Kangoye (2013, TDE) findings on the negative nexus between foreign aid unpredictability and governance could seriously affect debates in academic and policy making circles. Using the theoretical underpinnings of the celebrated Eubank (2012, JDS) literature, we first confirm Kangoye's findings. Then extend the concept of governance from corruption to political, economic, institutional and general versions of the phenomenon. Findings from the extension run counter to those of Kangoye. It follows that in the presence of foreign aid uncertainty, governments could be constrained to improve governance standards in exchange for or anticipation of more dependence on local tax revenues. The empirical evidence is based on 53 African countries for the period 1996-2010. Two direct policy implications result. First, the Kangoye findings for developing countries are relevant for Africa. Second, when the concept of governance is not restricted to corruption, the findings become irrelevant for the continent.
Subjects: 
Uncertainty
Foreign aid
Governance
Development
Africa
JEL: 
C53
F35
F47
O11
O55
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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