Title Are there negative returns to aid? : a comment / prepared by Mwanza Nkusu

Published Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, ©2004

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Description 1 online resource (11 pages) Series IMF working paper, 2227-8885 ; WP/04/212 IMF working paper ; WP/04/212. Summary Amid controversies surrounding aid effectiveness, an increasing number of empirical studies find support for the idea that aid can spur growth and that the aid-growth relationship is nonlinear. Lensink and White propose a model to illustrate the possible existence of what has been labeled an "aid Laffer curve." This short paper highlights the model's weaknesses and suggests that the model does not fulfill the purpose of illustrating the possible existence of negative returns to aid Notes "November 2004." At head of title: African Department Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Print version record Subject Economic assistance -- Developing countries Poverty -- Developing countries Economic assistance Poverty Developing countries Form Electronic book Author International Monetary Fund. African Department, issuing body ISBN 1282391690 9781282391697 9781451919516 1451919514 9781451874921 1451874928 ISSN 2227-8885

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