Foreign Aid Literature Review

The literature on foreign aid is extensive; as a result, any brief review of it will cover only some of the highlights. In this chapter, we focus on concepts and definitions of foreign aid as presented by international organizations and by China, as well as other research on the linkage between fore...

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Published inChina's Foreign Aid and Government-Sponsored Investment Activities p. 3
Main Authors Charles Wolf, Xiao Wang, Eric Warner
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published RAND Corporation 18.09.2013
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Arts
Bank loans
Business
Business operations
Commerce
Countries
Development economics
Development studies
Economic aid
Economic development
Economic disciplines
Economic growth
Economic policy
Economics
Finance
Financial economics
Financial instruments
Financial transactions
Foreign aid
Grants
Human geography
International economics
International trade
Literary analysis
Literary criticism
Literary studies
Literature
Literature reviews
Loans
Macroeconomics
Overseas development assistance
Payments
Political geography
Social sciences
Trade development
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Summary:The literature on foreign aid is extensive; as a result, any brief review of it will cover only some of the highlights. In this chapter, we focus on concepts and definitions of foreign aid as presented by international organizations and by China, as well as other research on the linkage between foreign aid and economic growth, and previous literature on the scope and scale of China’s aid. The OECD defines two forms of development aid programs: 1. Official development assistance (ODA) consists of technical aid, official grants, or loans promoting economic development and welfare, and having concessional terms, with a grant
ISBN:0833081284
9780833081285