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The Role of Historical Christian Missions in the Location of World Bank Aid in Africa

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dc.contributor.authorAlpino, Matteo
dc.contributor.authorHammersmark, Eivind Moe
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-29T19:11:34Z
dc.date.available2023-08-29T19:11:34Z
dc.date.issued2020-02-05
dc.description.abstractThis article documents a positive and sizable correlation between the location of historical Christian missions and the allocation of present-day World Bank aid at the grid-cell level in Africa. The correlation is robust to an extensive set of geographical and historical control variables that predict settlement of missions. The study finds no correlation with aid effectiveness, as measured by project ratings and survey-based development indicators. Mission areas display a different political aid cycle than other areas, whereby new projects are less likely to arrive in years with new presidents. Hence, political connections between mission areas and central governments could be one likely explanation for the correlation between missions and aid.en
dc.identifier.citationThe World Bank Economic Review
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/40291
dc.identifier.issn0258-6770 (print)
dc.identifier.issn1564-698X (online)
dc.identifier.urihttps://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/40291
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherPublished by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseriesWorld Bank Economic Review
dc.rightsCC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT AID
dc.subjectCHRISTIAN MISSIONS
dc.subjectPOLITICAL FAVORITISM
dc.subjectAFRICA
dc.titleThe Role of Historical Christian Missions in the Location of World Bank Aid in Africaen
dc.typeJournal Article
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okr.associatedcontenthttps://academic.oup.com/wber/article/35/1/207/5727532 Journal website (version of record)
okr.crossref.titleThe Role of Historical Christian Missions in the Location of World Bank Aid in Africa
okr.date.disclosure2023-08-29
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Journal Article
okr.identifier.doi10.1093/wber/lhz050
okr.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1596/40291
okr.language.supporteden
okr.pagenumber207–233
okr.peerreviewAcademic Peer Review
okr.region.geographicalAfrica
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Poverty Reduction Strategies
okr.topicGovernance::Non Governmental Organizations
okr.volume35 (1)
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