Effects of World Bank and Chinese development aid on living standards in Sub-Saharan Africa
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2021-07-17
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This thesis includes an empirical study of development aid from The Peoples Republic of China (PRC) and the World Bank (WB) on living standards in Sub-Saharan Africa. On various levels this thesis distinguished itself from existing literature. Most research includes either Chinese or the World Bank development aid in their study. This makes it difficult to compare the two systems. In addition, most studies only look at the economic effects, while looking at health indication provides more insight. Lastly, the role that institutional quality plays in the effect of development aid is overlooked in existing literature. By including data from AidData for Chinese development and data from the World Bank for World Bank development aid we investigate the effect it has on three dependent variables. Child mortality, years of education and malnutrition. For child mortality and years of education a significant effect can be indicated for World Bank aid, but not for Chinese aid. No effect can be indicated for malnutrition. In addition, no effect can be indicated for institutional quality as a moderator effect.
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Faculteit der Managementwetenschappen