Aid and Growth: What Meta-Analysis Reveals

TY - JOUR

T1 - Aid and Growth

T2 - What Meta-Analysis Reveals

AU - Tarp, Finn

AU - Mekasha, Tseday Jemaneh

PY - 2013/4

Y1 - 2013/4

N2 - Recent literature in the meta-analysis category where results from a range of studies are brought together throws doubt on the ability of foreign aid to foster economic growth and development. This article assesses what meta-analysis has to contribute to the literature on the effectiveness of foreign aid in terms of growth impact. We re-examine key hypotheses, and find that the effect of aid on growth is positive and statistically significant. This significant effect is genuine, and not an artefact of publication selection. We also show why our results differ from those published elsewhere.

AB - Recent literature in the meta-analysis category where results from a range of studies are brought together throws doubt on the ability of foreign aid to foster economic growth and development. This article assesses what meta-analysis has to contribute to the literature on the effectiveness of foreign aid in terms of growth impact. We re-examine key hypotheses, and find that the effect of aid on growth is positive and statistically significant. This significant effect is genuine, and not an artefact of publication selection. We also show why our results differ from those published elsewhere.

U2 - 10.1080/00220388.2012.709621

DO - 10.1080/00220388.2012.709621

M3 - Journal article

SN - 0022-0388

VL - 49

SP - 564

EP - 583

JO - Journal of Development Studies

JF - Journal of Development Studies

IS - 4

ER -