Does Foreign Aid Promote the Expansion of Government

By Karen L. Remmer. 2004

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Subfields: Development, Economics and Econometrics, Political Science and International Relations

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Taxation and State-Building in Developing Countries (2008, background): “High aid levels appear, over time, to reduce both the overall tax take (Bräutigam and Knack 2004; Remmer 2004) and the quality of government institutions (Bräutigam and Knack 2004; Knack 2001).”
An empirical retrospect of the impacts of government expenditures on economic growth: new evidence from the Nigerian economy (2020, background): “Some other studies like Remmer (2004), Ouattara (2006) and Asongu and Jellal (2016) have also shown that factors like access to foreign aid and grants could as well promote incremental public expenditure and this is often witnessed in the majority of low-income countries.”
Aid and Government Fiscal Behavior: Assessing Recent Evidence (2015, background): “Remer (2004) specifically addresses the effect of aid on government spending with cross-country data over 1970–99, in the context of the literature on growth of government size (measured as the government expenditure/GDP ratio) and establishes the expected effect of aid on total spending over time.”
On Tax Efforts and Colonial Heritage in Africa (2010, background): “Some suggest that aid is subject to moral hazard, discouraging domestic effort by obviating domestic revenue mobilisation (Bräutigam, 2001; Ghura, 1998; Remmer, 2004).”
Reinventing Foreign Aid for Inclusive and Sustainable Development: Kuznets, Piketty and the Great Policy Reversal (2016, unknown): “30 These include, inter alia: unproductive consumption from the government; the Dutch Disease and poor institutions (Knack, 2001; Remmer, 2004; Boone, 1996; Bräutigam & Knack, 2004; Rajan & Subramanian, 2008; Heckelman & Knack, 2008) and; vested interest, coupled with poor planning and…”
How Does Taxation Affect the Quality of Governance (2007, background): “For example, Remmer (2004) finds that aid tends to discourage governments from taxing, and Brautigam and Knack (2004) find that high dependence on aid tends to degrade the quality of governance institutions over time.”