Growth is Good for the Poor
- David L. Dollar, Aart Kraay
- Economics
- 1 April 2001
Average incomes of the poorest quintile rise proportionately with average incomes in a sample of 92 countries spanning the last four decades. This is because the share of income of the poorest…
Who Gives Foreign Aid to Whom and Why?
- A. Alesina, David L. Dollar
- Economics
- 1 June 1998
This paper studies the pattern of allocation of foreign aid from various donors to receiving countries. We find considerable evidence that the direction of foreign aid is dictated as much by…
Outward-Oriented Developing Economies Really Do Grow More Rapidly: Evidence from 95 LDCs, 1976-1985
- David L. Dollar
- EconomicsEconomic development and cultural change
- 1 April 1992
The long run trade orientation of an economy is measured in this article by an index which measures the extent to which the real exchange rate is distorted away from its free trade level by the trade…
Trade, Growth, and Poverty
- David L. Dollar, Aart Kraay
- Economics
- 1 June 2001
The evidence from individual cases and from cross-country analysis supports the view that globalization leads to faster growth and poverty reduction in poor countries. To determine the effect of…
Aid Allocation and Poverty Reduction
- David L. Dollar, P. Collier
- Economics
- 1 January 1999
Port Efficiency, Maritime Transport Costs and Bilateral Trade
- Ximena Clark, David L. Dollar, A. Micco
- Economics
- 1 March 2004
Assessing aid - what works, what doesn't, and why
- David L. Dollar
- Economics
- 30 November 1998
This report assesses foreign aid, pointing out that aid is as much a matter of knowledge as it is about money. It discusses the continuing role of financial transfers from rich to poor countries,…
Can the World Cut Poverty in Half? How Policy Reform and Effective Aid Can Meet International Development Goals
- David L. Dollar, P. Collier
- Economics
- 1 November 1999
Investment Climate and Firm Performance in Developing Economies
- David L. Dollar, Mary C. Hallward-Driemeier, T. Mengistae
- EconomicsEconomic development and cultural change
- 1 October 2005
Drawing on recently completed firm‐level surveys in Bangladesh, China, India, and Pakistan, this article investigates the relationship between the investment climate and firm performance. These…
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