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Official development assistance (ODA), public spending and economic growth in Ethiopia

Journal of Economics and International Finance, 2012
The objective of this research was to analyse the role of Ethiopia’s government expenditure in economic growth and the importance that ODA has played in financing government spending. The study employed both descriptive and econometric analyses. In the econometric analysis, Ram’s (1986) model is adopted to scrutinize the impact of different composition
openaire   +1 more source

Why Aid Does Not Increase Savings Rates in Sub-Saharan Africa? [PDF]

Since the mid-1980s, sub-Saharan Africa has had the lowest savings and investment rates of any region in the world. It has also been the recipient of the highest levels of Official Development Assistance relative to output. Hence, many analysts have been
John Serieux
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Reconstruction of native cellular microanatomy in a novel bioengineered full thickness human nasal mucosal construct

Journal of Anatomy, EarlyView.
Bioengineered tissue constructs are vital technologies employed in in vitro testing of both fundamental biological principles and industrial screening practices. Current approaches to modelling the nasal mucosa in vitro are not representative and are associated with limitations that impact their reliability and predictive value.
Steven Bradbury, Bethany Dickson, Nicola Curtis, David Bunton, Kirsty Goncalves, Stefan Przyborski   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The nexus between human development, official development assistance, carbon emissions, and governance in developing countries for the realization of sustainable development goals

Cogent Economics & Finance
The paper aims to analyze human development through its interactions with environmental protection, governance, and official development assistance (ODA) in developing countries.
Jean Tony Ezako
doaj   +1 more source

Local Financial Development and the Aid-Growth Relationship [PDF]

, 2006
With official development assistance (ODA) set to rise as countries strive to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), aid effectiveness remains an important area of development policy. An increasing number of studies support the notion that ODA can
Nkusu, Mwanza, Sayek, Selin
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Equipped for success: genomes and metabolomes of the European Amanita muscaria are conserved in its novel South African range

New Phytologist, EarlyView.
Summary Plants and soils have been moved around the world for centuries, but invasive mushrooms receive scant attention. The Amanita muscaria species complex was introduced to South Africa in the context of forestry, but its origins, ecology and recent evolution are unstudied. We sequenced the genomes of 24 Northern and Southern Hemisphere A. muscaria,
Grant R. Nickles, Cecelia K. Stokes, Deborah L. Narh, Kira M. T. Lynn, Savannah R. Fuqua, Corbin Bryan, Brooke M. Allen, Christopher P. Bivins, Jin Woo Bok, J. Stephen Brewer, Sikelela T. Buthelezi, Jahiya P. R. M. Clark, Kerri L. Coon, Lauren R. Corby, Martin P. A. Coetzee, Claudette Dewing, Tuan A. Duong, Mathew A. Harris, Nancy P. Keller, Katlego Kopotsa, Frances A. Lane, Holly L. Nichols, Alandie Nieuwoudt, Martin A. Nuñez, Miguel E. Medina Munoz, Sung Chul Park, Nam Q. Pham, Kaetlyn T. Ryan, Myriam Solís, Rytas Vilgalys, Jasmine Marea Wallace, Yen‐Wen Wang, Brenda D. Wingfield, Michael J. Wingfield, Travis K. Worley, Taylor A. Zallek, Mostafa Zamanian, Jason D. Hoeksema, Milton T. Drott, Anne Pringle   +39 more
wiley   +1 more source

Does access to natural resources explain official development assistance in West African countries?

Cogent Economics & Finance
In West Africa, the distribution of official development assistance is no longer based solely on humanitarian or governance criteria, but also on the geostrategic value of natural resources.
Yentéma Namountougou, Youmanli Ouoba
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Issues to consider in assessing international support for realizing children's rights: A reflection on aid modalities and transparency in reporting and a review of aid for basic social services [PDF]

, 2007
The paper reflects on the potential of the OECD-DAC creditor reporting system to systematically capture flows of official development assistance (ODA) in support of realizing children’s rights.
Benn, Julia, Jespersen, Eva
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Macroeconomic Effects of Public Investment in EMDEs: Nonlinear Effects of the Business Cycle, Fiscal Space, Capital Stock and Efficiency

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The paper examines the macroeconomic effects of public investment in emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs). To this end the analysis develops a new measure of public investment shocks based on cyclically adjusted government investment.
Amat Adarov, Benedict Clements, João Tovar Jalles   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Who receives Australian aid and Why? [PDF]

The bulk of official development assistance (ODA) from Australia is provided to Asia and Oceania. Indonesia and Papua New Guinea together account for nearly a quarter of the total.
Satish Chand
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