Chapter 12 Evaluating Aid Impact: Approaches and Findings

Abstract

There is a substantial literature evaluating the impact of aid at the macroeconomic level using cross-country regressions. However, despite econometric advances in recent years, there remain many flaws in this approach. Similar problems beset cross-country analysis of the impact of aid on poverty indicators. More reliable estimates of the poverty impact of aid come from project-level analyses from which can be built up a picture of aid impact at the country level. This paper presents the findings from three such studies carried out by the Independent Evaluation Group of the World Bank.

Citation

White, H. (2006), "Chapter 12 Evaluating Aid Impact: Approaches and Findings", Lahiri, S. (Ed.) Theory and Practice of Foreign Aid (Frontiers of Economics and Globalization, Vol. 1), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 187-209. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1574-8715(06)01012-8