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标题：Can aid stimulate productivity in sub-Saharan Africa? A dynamic panel approach
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作者：Katarzyna Swierczynska ; Agata Kliber
期刊名称：Business and Economic Horizons
印刷版ISSN：1804-1205
电子版ISSN：1804-5006
出版年度：2019
卷号：15
期号：1
页码：158-186
DOI：10.15208/beh.2019.10
出版社：Prague Development Center
摘要：The aim of the study was to examine the impact of the official development aid (ODA) on productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa. As development policies embrace different types of aid interventions, we decomposed aid by type of flows and analysed their relations with 24 African states’ productivity (measured by total factor productivity) over the period 1995-2014. Results of the dynamic panel model estimation reveal important implications for the development cooperation policy agenda. It appears that although total value of ODA does not support productivity, technical aid disbursements are associated with higher total factor productivity. This implies that the implementation of technical cooperation enables absorption of technology and contributes to the increase of technology development in recipient Sub-Saharan African countries. The results are fairly robust. Moreover, in this study we confirm that low infrastructure development and shortages in primary education are associated with lower productivity, while trade openness, development of financial market, and political stability - with higher productivity values.
关键词：Official development assistance; technical cooperation; sub-Saharan Africa; technology absorption; total factor productivity