Aid intensity in Africa

被引:19
作者
O'Connell, SA [1 ]
Soludo, CC
机构
[1] Swarthmore Coll, Swarthmore, PA 19081 USA
[2] Univ Oxford, CSAE, Oxford OX1 2JD, England
[3] Univ Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria
[4] African Inst Appl Econ, Lagos, Nigeria
关键词
sub-Saharan Africa; aid dependence; aid intensity; debt overhang; transactions costs;
D O I
10.1016/S0305-750X(01)00050-X
中图分类号
F0 [经济学]; F1 [世界各国经济概况、经济史、经济地理]; C [社会科学总论];
学科分类号
0201 ; 020105 ; 03 ; 0303 ;
摘要
Aid to sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is falling rapidly, after reaching historically high levels in the early 1990s. We provide a critical review of aid data and place the resource intensity of current flows in crosscountry and intertemporal perspective. Aid to SSA is not unusually high given the structural characteristics of African countries, but it rose more rapidly than predicted until the mid-1990s. We introduce the concept of transactions intensity and show that by some measures, the management costs accompanying each dollar of aid to Africa are comparatively high. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:1527 / 1552
页数:26
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