Is Foreign Aid Fungible? Evidence from the Education and Health Sectors

This paper adopts a new approach to the issue of foreign aid fungibility. In contrast to most existing empirical studies, panel data are employed that contain information on the specific purposes for which aid is given. This allows linking aid that...

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Main Author:	Van de Sijpe, Nicolas
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ACCOUNTING ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS AID ALLOCATION ARTICLE BIRTH RATE BOND BUDGET CONSTRAINT BUDGET DOCUMENTS BUDGET PROCESS BUREAUCRATIC QUALITY BUYBACKS CAPACITY BUILDING CD CONDITIONALITY COUNTRY ECONOMISTS COUNTRY RISK CREDITOR DATA ANALYSIS DATA AVAILABILITY DEBT DEBT CONVERSIONS DEBT FORGIVENESS DEBT RELIEF DEBT SERVICE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DISBURSEMENT DISBURSEMENTS DOMESTIC REVENUE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC POLICY ECONOMIES OF SCALE EDUCATION EXPENDITURES EDUCATION SPENDING EQUIPMENT EXCLUSION EXPENDITURE EXPENDITURE CATEGORIES EXTERNAL DEBT EXTERNAL FINANCING FACE VALUE FEMALE FINANCES FISCAL AFFAIRS FISCAL BEHAVIOR FISCAL FEDERALISM FISCAL POLICY FUNGIBILITY FUNGIBILITY OF AID FUNGIBLE GENERAL BUDGET SUPPORT GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCE GLOBALIZATION GOVERNMENT BUDGETS GOVERNMENT CAPACITY GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES GOVERNMENT FINANCE GOVERNMENT FINANCE STATISTICS GOVERNMENT SPENDING GROWTH RATE HEALTH EXPENDITURE HEALTH EXPENDITURES HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH SPENDING HOSPITALS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INCLUSION INSTRUMENT INTERGOVERNMENTAL GRANTS INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT INVESTMENT PROJECTS LEVEL OF DEBT LOCAL GOVERNMENT LONG-TERM EXTERNAL DEBT LOWER TAXES MARGINAL EFFECTS MEDICINES MILITARY EXPENDITURES MINISTRY OF FINANCE MONETARY FUND MORTALITY NET BORROWING NET PRESENT VALUE POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL RISK POLLUTION POSITIVE COEFFICIENT PRESENT VALUE PROGRAMS PROVISION OF GOODS PUBLIC DEBT PUBLIC EDUCATION PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC EXPENDITURES PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC INVESTMENTS PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SPENDING RULE OF LAW SECTORAL ALLOCATION SECTORAL DISTRIBUTION SECTORAL EXPENDITURE SECTORAL GRANTS SOCIAL EXPENDITURE SOCIAL EXPENDITURES SOCIAL POLICY SOCIETIES SOCIETY STD STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT TAX TAX BASES TAX REVENUE TOTAL DEBT TOTAL EXPENDITURES TRANSPORTATION TREASURIES TYPES OF EXPENDITURES UNCERTAINTY UTILITY FUNCTION WORTH
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/01/17205596/foreign-aid-fungible-evidence-education-health-sectors http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13148

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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13148

Is Foreign Aid Fungible? Evidence from the Education and Health Sectors

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