Abstract
In an attempt to better understand the impact of the World Bank on human development in poor countries, we use cross-country data on African countries for the 1990–2002 period to examine this relationship. The coefficient estimates of our parsimonious fixed-effects models indicate that while loans and grants of the Bank have had a positive impact on some relatively short-term indicators of health and education in an average African country, there is little evidence to suggest that such loans and grants have helped these countries to consolidate on the short-term gains.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 422-432 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | Economic Systems |
Volume | 29 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Dec 2005 |
Event | World Bank Symposia 2005 - , United Kingdom Duration: 1 Jan 2005 → 1 Jan 2005 |
Keywords
- development
- health
- education
- World Bank
- Africa