Abstract
This article examines the impact of aid and its volatility on sectoral growth by relying on panel dataset of 37 sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries for the period 1983-2014. Findings from the system-generalised methods of moments (GMM) show that, while foreign aid significantly drives sectoral growth, aid volatility deteriorates sectoral value additions impacting heavily on non-tradable sectors with no apparent effect on the agricultural sector. The deleterious effect of aid volatility on sectoral value additions in SSA is weakened by a well-developed financial system with significant impact on the tradable sector. Evidently, development of domestic financial markets enhances aid effectiveness.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 435-456 |
| Journal | Journal of African Business |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| Early online date | 8 Aug 2017 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2017 |
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