Go Go Forum: Global Issues

Alesina and Dollar: Who Gives Foreign to Whom and Why?

Please think about the following questions and respond below:

1. How does this paper help to support both the Sachs paper and the Easterly paper?

 
2. Do you think that using foreign aid monies for political purposes is necessarily a bad thing? What would be the consequences of removing this lever from the hands of politicians?
 
3. Is it possible for the world's least developed countries to find a way to receive funds under this system?
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