The objective of this course is to familiarize students with literature on economics of foreign aid.
The course grade will be based on participation in classroom discussions, student presentations, and a final take-home examination. Student presentations may be replaced by assignments.
There is no textbook for this course. A list of reference and additional readings is given in each lecture slide. All lecture slides are password-protected.
Useful books for reference, available online:
Jonathan Haughton and Shahidur R. Khandkar, Handbook on Poverty and Inequality, World Bank, 2009.
Paul J. Gertler, et al., Impact Evaluation in Practice, 2nd ed., World Bank, 2016.
Lecture Slides:
Review of Econometrics: Oct. 11, 18, 25, Nov. 1, and 8
Review of Panel Regression: Nov. 15
Aid Allocation and Donor Motivations: Nov. 22, 29, Dec. 6
Alesina and Dollar (JEG 2000), Classens, et al. (WBER 2009), Dreher, et al. (JDE 2019), Nunn and Qian (2010)
Instrumental Variables and Effects of Aid in Kind: Dec. 13, 20 (cancelled), 27
Fraser (EJ 2008)
Probably, I'll explain only section 4 on Solow model and regression analysis.
GMM and Dynamic Panel Models: Jan. 10
Aid Effectiveness Debate: Jan. 17, 24
Roodman (WBER 2007), Rajan and Subramanian (REStat 2008), Clemens et al. (EJ 2012), Galiani et al. (JEG 2017)
Aid and Corruption: Jan. 24
I'll explain only section 2 on Isaksson and Kotsadam (J. Pub. E. 2018).
Student Presentations: Jan. 31
Take-home exam due on Feb. 13.