Why are aid projects less effective in the Pacific?

ABSTRACT:

Motivation

The Pacific is the world's most aid-dependent region, yet available data suggest aid projects are less effective on average in the Pacific than elsewhere in the developing world.

Purpose

This article examines the most likely explanations for lower aid project effectiveness in the Pacific. Explanations include poor governance, restricted levels of political freedom, poor economic performance, isolation, and small populations.

Methods and approach

Three approaches to causal mediation analysis are used to identify which explanatory variables best explain why aid projects are less effective in the Pacific. Aid project effectiveness data come from a multi-donor dataset of individual aid projects. Data on potential explanatory variables comes from a range of inte

SUBMITTER: Wood T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9291583 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature