Official development assistance, social capital and growth in Latin America

This study focuses on the relationship among official development assistance (ODA), social capital and economic growth in Latin American countries, attempting to determine whether the impact of such assistance on growth is conditional on the receiving country’s stock of social capital. To this end,...

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Autores principales: Neira, Isabel, Lacalle-Calderón, Maricruz, Portela, Marta
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spelling oai-11362-407872020-09-28T16:02:53Z Official development assistance, social capital and growth in Latin America Neira, Isabel Lacalle-Calderón, Maricruz Portela, Marta DESARROLLO ECONOMICO ASISTENCIA AL DESARROLLO CRECIMIENTO ECONOMICO CAPITAL SOCIAL MODELOS ECONOMETRICOS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE ECONOMIC GROWTH SOCIAL CAPITAL ECONOMETRIC MODELS This study focuses on the relationship among official development assistance (ODA), social capital and economic growth in Latin American countries, attempting to determine whether the impact of such assistance on growth is conditional on the receiving country’s stock of social capital. To this end, we use “trust” to measure social capital in an unbalanced panel of 18 Latin American countries over the period 2001-2010. After accounting for country and time effects in a dynamic panel data model, our results show that the impact of ODA on growth is indeed conditional on the level of trust that exists. This suggests that this assistance will be more effective when used in a trust-rich environment. 2016-12-06T14:57:31Z 2016-12-06T14:57:31Z 2016-08 Texto Sección o Parte de un Documento http://hdl.handle.net/11362/40787 LC/G.2683-P 2 en CEPAL Review CEPAL Review 119 .pdf application/pdf 2001 AMERICA LATINA LATIN AMERICA 2010
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topic DESARROLLO ECONOMICO
ASISTENCIA AL DESARROLLO
CRECIMIENTO ECONOMICO
CAPITAL SOCIAL
MODELOS ECONOMETRICOS
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
ECONOMIC GROWTH
SOCIAL CAPITAL
ECONOMETRIC MODELS
spellingShingle DESARROLLO ECONOMICO
ASISTENCIA AL DESARROLLO
CRECIMIENTO ECONOMICO
CAPITAL SOCIAL
MODELOS ECONOMETRICOS
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
ECONOMIC GROWTH
SOCIAL CAPITAL
ECONOMETRIC MODELS
Neira, Isabel
Lacalle-Calderón, Maricruz
Portela, Marta
Official development assistance, social capital and growth in Latin America
description This study focuses on the relationship among official development assistance (ODA), social capital and economic growth in Latin American countries, attempting to determine whether the impact of such assistance on growth is conditional on the receiving country’s stock of social capital. To this end, we use “trust” to measure social capital in an unbalanced panel of 18 Latin American countries over the period 2001-2010. After accounting for country and time effects in a dynamic panel data model, our results show that the impact of ODA on growth is indeed conditional on the level of trust that exists. This suggests that this assistance will be more effective when used in a trust-rich environment.
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author Neira, Isabel
Lacalle-Calderón, Maricruz
Portela, Marta
author_facet Neira, Isabel
Lacalle-Calderón, Maricruz
Portela, Marta
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title Official development assistance, social capital and growth in Latin America
title_short Official development assistance, social capital and growth in Latin America
title_full Official development assistance, social capital and growth in Latin America
title_fullStr Official development assistance, social capital and growth in Latin America
title_full_unstemmed Official development assistance, social capital and growth in Latin America
title_sort official development assistance, social capital and growth in latin america
publishDate 2016
url http://hdl.handle.net/11362/40787
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