Is aid the capital component making countries efficient?

dc.contributor.author	Veiderpass, Ann
dc.contributor.author	Andersson, Per-Åke
dc.date.accessioned	2009-01-12T07:10:56Z
dc.date.available	2009-01-12T07:10:56Z
dc.date.issued	2009-01-12T07:10:56Z
dc.identifier.issn	1403-2465
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2077/18966
dc.description.abstract	Cross country regressions on aid effectiveness have failed to provide substantial evidence on the effects of foreign aid. This study focuses on country performance in a production theory context. By means of the non-parametric DEA method, we study 60 individual low and middle income countries between 1995 and 2000. Is there a systematic correlation between resource intensity and country efficiency? We find indications of a positive relation between capital intensity and country efficiency. We then investigate whether aid is the conclusive part of capital providing this correlation, but when linking country efficiency development to aid, there is no clear pattern to be found.	en
dc.language.iso	eng	en
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Working Papers in Economics	en
dc.relation.ispartofseries	333	en
dc.subject	Aid	en
dc.subject	efficiency	en
dc.subject	country comparison	en
dc.subject	production approach	en
dc.title	Is aid the capital component making countries efficient?	en
dc.type	Text	en
dc.type.svep	report	en