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Journal Article

Why it pays for aid recipients to take note of the Millennium Challenge Corporation: Other donors do!

Economics Letters

Authors

  • Dreher
  • A.
  • Nunnenkamp
  • P.
  • Öhler
  • H.

Publication Date

JEL Classification

F35

Key Words

Millennium Challenge Corporation

official development aid

We empirically analyze how other aid agencies, within and outside the United States, reacted to the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC). We find that positive signaling effects dominate possible substitution effects. Striving for MCC eligibility thus pays.

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