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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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2020
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| 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 |
| Summary: | 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 geographical and historical
control variables that predict settlement of missions. The
study finds no correlation with aid effectiveness, as
measured by project ratings and survey-based development
indicators. Mission areas display a different political aid
cycle than other areas, whereby new projects are less likely
to arrive in years with new presidents. Hence, political
connections between mission areas and central governments
could be one likely explanation for the correlation between
missions and aid. |
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