The impact of foreign aid on economic development: A systematic literature review and content analysis of the top 50 most influential papers

Ziyoda Asatullaeva; Reza Fathollah Zadeh Aghdam; Nisar Ahmad; Laylo Tashpulatova

doi:10.1002/jid.3543

The impact of foreign aid on economic development: A systematic literature review and content analysis of the top 50 most influential papers

Ziyoda Asatullaeva^*, Reza Fathollah Zadeh Aghdam, Nisar Ahmad, Laylo Tashpulatova

^*Corresponding author for this work

Economics & Finance

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21 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

The effectiveness of foreign aid in stimulating economic development is a topic of intense debate in the scientific community and among policy analysts. Numerous empirical studies are devoted to investigating the impact of foreign aid on the economic growth/development of recipient countries. This study reviews the literature relevant to this debate using the bibliometric data of scholarly papers in the Scopus database. Our intention is to identify the trends of publications, their geographical distribution and the most influential journals, authors and articles in this field of research.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	717-751
Number of pages	35
Journal	Journal of International Development
Volume	33
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/jid.3543
Publication status	Published - May 2021

Keywords

aid effectiveness
citation analysis
foreign aid
systematic literature review

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Geography, Planning and Development
Development

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