The Role of Historical Christian Missions in the Location of World Bank Aid in Africa

The Role of Historical Christian Missions in the Location of World Bank Aid in Africa

This article documents a positive and sizable correlation between the location of historical Christian missions and the allocation of present-day World Bank aid at the grid-cell level in Africa. The correlation is robust to an extensive set of geog...

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Main Authors: Alpino, Matteo, Hammersmark, Eivind Moe
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
Subjects:
DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
CHRISTIAN MISSION
POLITICAL FAVORITISM
FOREIGN AID
AID EFFECTIVENESS
POLITICAL ECONOMY
GOVERNANCE
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/916381581517479670/The-Role-of-Historical-Christian-Missions-in-the-Location-of-World-Bank-Aid-in-Africa
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33322

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/916381581517479670/The-Role-of-Historical-Christian-Missions-in-the-Location-of-World-Bank-Aid-in-Africa
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33322

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