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Development Aid to Agriculture and Economic GrowthOzgur KayaUAE University Ilker KayaAmerican University of Sharjah - School of Business and Management; University of Georgia - C. Herman and Mary Virginia Terry College of Business - Department of Economics Lewell F. GunterUniversity of Georgia - Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics May 2012 Review of Development Economics, Vol. 16, Issue 2, pp. 230-242, 2012 Abstract: The link between foreign aid and economic growth has been a controversial issue with no strong consensus so far. This paper argues that a possible reason why some studies may conclude that aid is ineffective in promoting economic growth might be that not all aid is given for development purposes (i.e. aid given for strategic considerations, humanitarian reasons or emergency relief). This study classifies foreign aid into four subcategories: agricultural aid, social infrastructure aid, investment aid, and non‐investment aid. Using the generalized method of moments (GMM) estimation technique on a Barro type growth regression with panel data from the aid recipient economies, this paper finds that when aid is directed to the agricultural sector of the developing countries, it is positively and significantly related to growth and can affect economic growth in the short run.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 13 Accepted Paper SeriesDate posted: April 19, 2012Suggested CitationContact Information
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