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  1. Donor Contracting Conditions and Public Procurement
    Causal Evidence from Kenyan Electrification
    Published: February 2023
    Publisher:  National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, Mass

    There is limited causal evidence on the effects of different public procurement regulations on project quality and value-for-money for projects funded by national governments and foreign aid donors. This paper uses policy and experimental variation... more

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    There is limited causal evidence on the effects of different public procurement regulations on project quality and value-for-money for projects funded by national governments and foreign aid donors. This paper uses policy and experimental variation to study how two key contracting features--namely, contract bundling and monitoring--affect outcomes of a large economic development project. We leverage an unusual feature of Kenya's nationwide electrification program: the quasi-random allocation of multilateral funding sources across nearby villages. African Development Bank (AfDB) projects used bundled contracts while the World Bank (WB) employed unbundled contracts together with strengthened inspections. To measure impacts, we collect on-the-ground engineering assessments, power quality data, household surveys, and analyze original contracts. The analysis suggests a stark trade-off: WB procedures delayed construction completion by 16 months relative to AfDB sites but improved construction quality by a sizeable 0.6 standard deviations. To disentangle the effects of contract bundling versus monitoring, we conducted randomized audits that enhanced monitoring. The audits improve household connectivity, network size, and voltage at AfDB sites, but have no impact at WB sites, suggesting monitoring and unbundling contracts may be substitutes. Given the apparent trade-off, we investigate how net benefits depend on policymaker time preferences and infrastructure longevity

     

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    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Online
    Series: NBER working paper series ; no. w30948
    Subjects: Entwicklungsfinanzierung; Infrastrukturinvestition; Internationale Organisation; Öffentlicher Auftrag; Leistungsbündel; Projektbewertung; Regulierung; Wirkungsanalyse; Kenia; Bureaucracy; Administrative Processes in Public Organizations; Corruption; Foreign Aid; National Government Expenditures and Related Policies; Electric Utilities; International Linkages to Development; Role of International Organizations
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  2. Reduziert Entwicklungshilfe Migration?
    Published: [2023]
    Publisher:  Kiel Institut für Weltwirtschaft - Leibniz Zentrum zur Erforschung globaler ökonomischer Herausforderungen, Kiel, Germany

    Der weit verbreitete Einsatz von Entwicklungshilfe zur Bekämpfung von "Fluchtursachen" oder, präziser formuliert, irregulärer Migration, entbehrt einer soliden empirischen Grundlage. In einer neuen Studie (Fuchs, A., A. Groeger, T. Heidland, and L.... more

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    Der weit verbreitete Einsatz von Entwicklungshilfe zur Bekämpfung von "Fluchtursachen" oder, präziser formuliert, irregulärer Migration, entbehrt einer soliden empirischen Grundlage. In einer neuen Studie (Fuchs, A., A. Groeger, T. Heidland, and L. Wellner (2023). The Effect of Foreign Aid on Migration: Global Micro-Evidence from World Bank Projects. Kiel Working Paper 2257), die wir hier für ein breiteres Publikum zusammenfassen, liefern wir die erste umfassende Kausalanalyse, die Evidenz auf Mikroebene für alle Entwicklungsländer untersucht, welche zwischen 2008 und 2019 von der Weltbank unterstützt wurden. Unsere Analyse ist die erste, die die Auswirkungen der Entwicklungshilfe auf verschiedene Aspekte der Migration aufschlüsselt: die Aspirationen, Möglichkeiten (sog. Capabilities) zur Migration und tatsächlicher Migration. Im Einklang mit der Idee, dass Entwicklungshilfe die Ursachen der irregulären Migration reduziert, zeigt unsere Studie, dass die Ankündigung und Umsetzung von Entwicklungshilfeprojekten die Migrationsaspirationen von Menschen in Empfängerländern deutlich reduziert. Dieser Effekt ist vorübergehender Natur und tritt nicht in fragilen Ländern auf. Für die langfristige Betrachtung des Effekts von Entwicklungshilfe auf Migration ist der entscheidende Faktor, ob Entwicklungshilfe letztlich die Lebensbedingungen verbessert, was jedoch auch Migrationsmöglichkeiten verbessern kann. Unsere Ergebnisse liefern einen Beleg dafür, dass dies der Fall ist. Wichtig anzumerken ist jedoch, dass zusätzliche Migration in regulären Kanälen stattfindet. Diese Ergebnisse sind für politische Entscheidungsträger von erheblicher Bedeutung, wie wir am Ende dieses Beitrags erläutern. The widespread use of foreign aid to address the "root causes" of irregular migration lacks a robust empirical foundation. In a new study (Fuchs, A., A. Groeger, T. Heidland, and L. Wellner (2023). The Effect of Foreign Aid on Migration: Global Micro-Evidence from World Bank Projects. Kiel Working Paper 2257) that we summarize here for a wider audience, we provide the first comprehensive causal analysis that examines micro-level evidence across all developing countries that received assistance from the World Bank between 2008 and 2019. Our analysis is the first to disentangle the impacts of foreign aid on various aspects of migration: individuals' aspirations, capabilities, and actual migration patterns. In alignment with the notion of utilizing aid to mitigate the root causes of irregular migration, our study reveals that the announcements and disbursements of new aid projects significantly reduce people's migration aspirations. This effect is temporary in nature and is notably absent in fragile countries. Over the longer term, the critical factor is whether aid ultimately enhances living conditions. Our findings provide some evidence supporting this, as improvements in living conditions bolster individuals' capabilities. This can lead to increased migration, yet the notable difference is that these individuals tend to follow regular channels for migration. These findings hold substantial significance for policymakers and those involved in foreign aid allocation that we discuss towards the end of this policy brief.

     

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    Language: German
    Media type: Book
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    hdl: 10419/279516
    Series: Kiel policy brief ; Nr. 169 (October 2023)
    Subjects: Entwicklungshilfe; Fluchtursachen; Irreguläre Migration; Flüchtlinge; Asyl; Entwicklung; Migration; Foreign Aid; Root causes; Irregular migration; Refugees; Asylum; Development
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  3. Institution transfers, the Marshall Plan, Europe, and Ukraine
    an analytical narrativ
    Published: [2023]
    Publisher:  Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Jena, Germany

    This paper offers an analytical narrative based on an assurance game with two separate populations in an evolutionary setting. In our model, Donors and Recipients are two populations; let us call them Europe and Ukraine. The donor population has two... more

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    This paper offers an analytical narrative based on an assurance game with two separate populations in an evolutionary setting. In our model, Donors and Recipients are two populations; let us call them Europe and Ukraine. The donor population has two types. A proportion of this population wants to promote a Marshall Plan-type model for the recipient state, and another prefers isolationism. A proportion of the population of the recipient state also intends to coordinate a Marshall Plan-type economic integration. In contrast, others prefer foreign aid but view further integration as a violation of sovereignty (or, with Ukraine, may be afraid of further Russian attacks from this integration). Marshall plan type coordination provides the highest payoffs through, e.g., the peace dividend, better institutions in Ukraine, widened European integration trade links, or global financial integration. Coordination is costly because it requires substantial institutional change on both sides. We use simulations to track outcomes given that European support for Ukraine and Ukrainian desire for aid may be endogenous. Further, we show how these endogenous outcomes respond to political shocks in Europe that affect European support for Ukraine and implicitly the lack of support for Ukraine.

     

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    Language: English
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    Series: Jena economic research papers ; # 2023, 017
    Subjects: Institutional Transfer; Institutional Coordination; Evolutionary Game Theory; Ukraine War; Foreign Aid
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  4. Does foreign aid reduce migration?
    Published: [2023]
    Publisher:  Kiel Institute for the World Economy - Leibniz Center for Research on Global Economic Challenges, Kiel, Germany

    The widespread use of foreign aid to address the "root causes" of irregular migration lacks a robust empirical foundation. In a new study (Fuchs, A., A. Groeger, T. Heidland, and L. Wellner (2023). The Effect of Foreign Aid on Migration: Global... more

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    The widespread use of foreign aid to address the "root causes" of irregular migration lacks a robust empirical foundation. In a new study (Fuchs, A., A. Groeger, T. Heidland, and L. Wellner (2023). The Effect of Foreign Aid on Migration: Global Micro-Evidence from World Bank Projects. Kiel Working Paper 2257) that we summarize here for a wider audience, we provide the first comprehensive causal analysis that examines micro-level evidence across all developing countries that received assistance from the World Bank between 2008 and 2019. Our analysis is the first to disentangle the impacts of foreign aid on various aspects of migration: individuals' aspirations, capabilities, and actual migration patterns. In alignment with the notion of utilizing aid to mitigate the root causes of irregular migration, our study reveals that the announcements and disbursements of new aid projects significantly reduce people's migration aspirations. This effect is temporary in nature and is notably absent in fragile countries. Over the longer term, the critical factor is whether aid ultimately enhances living conditions. Our findings provide some evidence supporting this, as improvements in living conditions bolster individuals' capabilities. This can lead to increased migration, yet the notable difference is that these individuals tend to follow regular channels for migration. These findings hold substantial significance for policymakers and those involved in foreign aid allocation that we discuss towards the end of this policy brief. Der weit verbreitete Einsatz von Entwicklungshilfe zur Bekämpfung von "Fluchtursachen" oder, präziser formuliert, irregulärer Migration, entbehrt einer soliden empirischen Grundlage. In einer neuen Studie (Fuchs, A., A. Groeger, T. Heidland, and L. Wellner (2023). The Effect of Foreign Aid on Migration: Global Micro-Evidence from World Bank Projects. Kiel Working Paper 2257), die wir hier für ein breiteres Publikum zusammenfassen, liefern wir die erste umfassende Kausalanalyse, die Evidenz auf Mikroebene für alle Entwicklungsländer untersucht, welche zwischen 2008 und 2019 von der Weltbank unterstützt wurden. Unsere Analyse ist die erste, die die Auswirkungen der Entwicklungshilfe auf verschiedene Aspekte der Migration aufschlüsselt: die Aspirationen, Möglichkeiten (sog. Capabilities) zur Migration und tatsächlicher Migration. Im Einklang mit der Idee, dass Entwicklungshilfe die Ursachen der irregulären Migration reduziert, zeigt unsere Studie, dass die Ankündigung und Umsetzung von Entwicklungshilfeprojekten die Migrationsaspirationen von Menschen in Empfängerländern deutlich reduziert. Dieser Effekt ist vorübergehender Natur und tritt nicht in fragilen Ländern auf. Für die langfristige Betrachtung des Effekts von Entwicklungshilfe auf Migration ist der entscheidende Faktor, ob Entwicklungshilfe letztlich die Lebensbedingungen verbessert, was jedoch auch Migrationsmöglichkeiten verbessern kann. Unsere Ergebnisse liefern einen Beleg dafür, dass dies der Fall ist. Wichtig anzumerken ist jedoch, dass zusätzliche Migration in regulären Kanälen stattfindet. Diese Ergebnisse sind für politische Entscheidungsträger von erheblicher Bedeutung, wie wir am Ende dieses Beitrags erläutern.

     

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    hdl: 10419/279437
    Series: Kiel policy brief ; no. 169 (October 2023)
    Subjects: Foreign Aid; Root causes; Irregular migration; Refugees; Asylum; Development; Migration; Entwicklungshilfe; Fluchtursachen; Irreguläre Migration; Flüchtlinge; Asyl; Entwicklung
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (circa 15 Seiten), Illustrationen