Does Aid for Education Educate Children? Evidence from Panel Data

Most of the aid effectiveness literature has focused on the potential growth effects of aggregate aid, with inconclusive results. Considering that donors have repeatedly stressed the multidimensionality of their objectives, a more disaggregated view on aid effectiveness is warranted. The impact of a...

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Main Authors:	Dreher, Axel, Nunnenkamp, Peter, Thiele, Rainer
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	World Bank 2012
Subjects:	adult literacy aid for education children education sector fees gender disparities primary school primary school enrollment schooling universal primary education
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4481

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spelling	okr-10986-44812021-04-23T14:02:18Z Does Aid for Education Educate Children? Evidence from Panel Data Dreher, Axel Nunnenkamp, Peter Thiele, Rainer adult literacy aid for education children education sector fees gender disparities primary school primary school enrollment schooling universal primary education Most of the aid effectiveness literature has focused on the potential growth effects of aggregate aid, with inconclusive results. Considering that donors have repeatedly stressed the multidimensionality of their objectives, a more disaggregated view on aid effectiveness is warranted. The impact of aid on education is analyzed empirically for almost 100 countries over 1970–2004. The effectiveness of sector-specific aid is assessed within the framework of social production functions. The Millennium Development Goals related to education, particularly the goal of achieving universal primary school enrollment, are considered as outcome variables. The analysis suggests that higher per capita aid for education significantly increases primary school enrollment, while increased domestic government spending on education does not. This result is robust to the method of estimation, the use of instruments to control for the endogeneity of aid, and the set of control variables included in the estimations. 2012-03-30T07:12:37Z 2012-03-30T07:12:37Z 2008-05-30 Journal Article World Bank Economic Review 1564-698X http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4481 CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank Journal Article Africa Malawi Indonesia Uganda Rwanda Togo
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description	Most of the aid effectiveness literature has focused on the potential growth effects of aggregate aid, with inconclusive results. Considering that donors have repeatedly stressed the multidimensionality of their objectives, a more disaggregated view on aid effectiveness is warranted. The impact of aid on education is analyzed empirically for almost 100 countries over 1970–2004. The effectiveness of sector-specific aid is assessed within the framework of social production functions. The Millennium Development Goals related to education, particularly the goal of achieving universal primary school enrollment, are considered as outcome variables. The analysis suggests that higher per capita aid for education significantly increases primary school enrollment, while increased domestic government spending on education does not. This result is robust to the method of estimation, the use of instruments to control for the endogeneity of aid, and the set of control variables included in the estimations.
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author	Dreher, Axel Nunnenkamp, Peter Thiele, Rainer
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title	Does Aid for Education Educate Children? Evidence from Panel Data
title_short	Does Aid for Education Educate Children? Evidence from Panel Data
title_full	Does Aid for Education Educate Children? Evidence from Panel Data
title_fullStr	Does Aid for Education Educate Children? Evidence from Panel Data
title_full_unstemmed	Does Aid for Education Educate Children? Evidence from Panel Data
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Does Aid for Education Educate Children? Evidence from Panel Data

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