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Chinese development assistance and household welfare in sub-saharan africa: Evidence from liberia

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    Abstract

    By combining geocoded project-level data on Chinese development assistance with geocoded household-level data from the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS), we investigate the effect of Chinese project assistance on household welfare in 13 sub-Saharan African countries. We exploit the geographic proximity of household clusters across two different DHS survey waves (before and after the influx of Chinese aid) and use a difference-in-difference design in order to investigate the impact of Chinese aid on households' wealth and education. Our results consistently point to an overall positive effect of Chinese project
    Original languageEnglish
    Place of PublicationMaastricht
    PublisherUNU-MERIT
    Publication statusPublished - 21 Feb 2018

    Publication series

    SeriesUNU-MERIT Working Papers
    Number012
    ISSN1871-9872

    JEL classifications

    • f35 - Foreign Aid
    • o19 - "International Linkages to Development; Role of International Organizations"
    • r20 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics: Household Analysis: General

    Keywords

    • OECD-DAC
    • Aid Allocation
    • aid effectiveness
    • China
    • Africa
    • emerging donors
    • project level
    • household welfare
    • DHS
    • geocoded data

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