Aid in the Aftermath of Armed Conflict
(2021) NEKH01 20211Department of Economics
- Abstract
- Aid initiatives are both praised for positive outcomes and criticized for their apparent lack of effectiveness in stimulating economic growth. Under post-conflict conditions, official development assistance (ODA) is often given by donor states to improve the welfare of developing countries. Using a regression model of post-conflict periods for over a hundred countries between the time period 1960 - 2019, we analyze the impact of ODA on driving forces of growth: human capital, trade openness and technology. The findings from the present study show significant results of the relationship between ODA and human capital as well as ODA and trade openness. ODA and human capital showed a negative relationship. The impact on trade openness was so... (More)
- Aid initiatives are both praised for positive outcomes and criticized for their apparent lack of effectiveness in stimulating economic growth. Under post-conflict conditions, official development assistance (ODA) is often given by donor states to improve the welfare of developing countries. Using a regression model of post-conflict periods for over a hundred countries between the time period 1960 - 2019, we analyze the impact of ODA on driving forces of growth: human capital, trade openness and technology. The findings from the present study show significant results of the relationship between ODA and human capital as well as ODA and trade openness. ODA and human capital showed a negative relationship. The impact on trade openness was so minimal that we interpret it as being unaffected by ODA during post-conflict conditions. A significant relationship was not found between ODA and technology. The study gives a general view on all ODA given during post-conflict periods in our data selection; it sheds light on the complex reality of post-conflict aid: it is neither guaranteed to be good or bad. (Less)
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- author
- Winberg, Anna LU and Norberg, Saga
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- NEKH01 20211
- year
- 2021
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- ODA, post-conflict, aid, human capital, trade openness, technology, growth, developing countries
- language
- English
- id
- 9055169
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- 2021-07-05 13:38:18
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- 2021-07-05 13:38:18
@misc{9055169, abstract = {{Aid initiatives are both praised for positive outcomes and criticized for their apparent lack of effectiveness in stimulating economic growth. Under post-conflict conditions, official development assistance (ODA) is often given by donor states to improve the welfare of developing countries. Using a regression model of post-conflict periods for over a hundred countries between the time period 1960 - 2019, we analyze the impact of ODA on driving forces of growth: human capital, trade openness and technology. The findings from the present study show significant results of the relationship between ODA and human capital as well as ODA and trade openness. ODA and human capital showed a negative relationship. The impact on trade openness was so minimal that we interpret it as being unaffected by ODA during post-conflict conditions. A significant relationship was not found between ODA and technology. The study gives a general view on all ODA given during post-conflict periods in our data selection; it sheds light on the complex reality of post-conflict aid: it is neither guaranteed to be good or bad.}}, author = {{Winberg, Anna and Norberg, Saga}}, language = {{eng}}, note = {{Student Paper}}, title = {{Aid in the Aftermath of Armed Conflict}}, year = {{2021}}, }