Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/39026 
Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 3035
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
This paper empirically studies the impact of decentralization on foreign aid effectiveness. For this purpose, we examine a commonly used empirical growth model, considering aid modality as well as different measures of political and fiscal decentralization. Our panel estimations reveal that fiscal decentralization negatively impacts aid effectiveness, while measures of political decentralization have no significant effect or even a positive one. This result is robust for grants and overall ODA, while the growth impact of other aid types is not generally conditional on decentralization. We therefore conclude that donor countries should carefully consider how both anti-poverty instruments - foreign assistance and decentralization - work together.
Subjects: 
foreign aid
growth
decentralization
JEL: 
O10
O20
O40
H70
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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