Lack of foreign aid effectiveness in developing countries between a hammer and an anvil

Elayah, Moosa

doi:10.1080/17550912.2015.1124519

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“…Moreover, several previous studies note that official development assistance does not necessarily translate to high economic growth rates (Yiew and Lau 2018;Phiri 2017;Murshed and Khanaum 2014). Historically, official development assistance has been misappropriated at both state and nongovernmental levels (Elayah 2016;Kono and Montinola 2013;Bodomo 2013;Doucouliagos and Paldam 2011;Maipose 2000). 7 Further, remittance flows through formal channels to African countries-including Kenya-are believed to be grossly underestimated, as migrants often send unrecorded funds through informal channels and in-kind transfers.…”

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Do migrant remittances matter for financial development in Kenya?

Misati¹,

Kamau²,

Nassir³

2019

Financ Innov

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The paper analyzes the relationship between remittances and financial development using Kenyan quarterly data from 2006 to 2016. Five different indicators of financial development are used: credit to the private sector as a share of GDP, the number of mobile transactions, the value of these mobile transactions, the number of mobile agents, and the number of bank accounts. The results from using an autoregressive distributed lag demonstrate a strong, positive relationship between remittances and financial development in long-run equations. This suggests that higher levels of remittances provide opportunities for recipients to open bank accounts, enhance their savings, and access financial systems, in addition to exposing the previously unbanked to both new and existing financial products. The results also confirm the potential advantage of embracing modern and advanced technology to facilitate international mobile transfers. Using international remittance transfers through mobile technology reduces costs by eliminating the need for physical branches and personnel to attend to walk-in customers. Aside from offering convenience and safety for remittance actors, this method also dominates traditional remittance business models. Therefore, a policy window exists for the government to leverage on remittances as a tool of financial inclusion and depth, and particularly through the continued expansion of regulatory space to accommodate the wider use of international mobile remittance transfer channels. Moreover, given the strong, positive relationship between remittances and credit to the private sector as indicated by its share of GDP and number of bank accounts, commercial banks and other players in the remittance market may also find it useful to develop customized products for migrants to access their remittances. For example, financial intermediaries can consider providing better deposit interest rates for diaspora deposits compared to deposits made in the local currency. Further, these institutions can allow regular remittance flows to act as collateral for the allocation of credit, among other incentives to tap into the significant potential of money remitted by migrants to Kenya. The study also recommends that the government consider expanding exploitation of diaspora bonds and diaspora savings and credit cooperative societies while drawing lessons from other countries' previous attempts.

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confidence: 99%

Do migrant remittances matter for financial development in Kenya?

Misati¹,

Kamau²,

Nassir³

2019

Financ Innov

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“…Sehingga bantuan yang diperoleh tidak sesuai dengan harapan penerima bantuan yang bersangkutan. Ini diperjelas oleh penelitian Elayah (2016) Secara eksplisit, dua indikator dengan nilai outer loading tertinggi pada variabel laten efektivitas adalah EvP2 dan EvP5. Hal ini menunjukkan bahwa, korban bencana merasakan bantuan yang lebih efektif adalah kunjungan relawan dan penyediaan tempat khusus untuk ibadah.…”

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Efektivitas Bantuan Untuk Korban Bencana Gempa Bumi Lombok

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Suciptawati

2019

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On August 2018, an earthquake occurred in North Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara which can be felt from a neighbor region such as West Lombok, Karangasem, and many others. The earthquake caused many casualties and material made many people feel sympathy for the victims of the earthquake. Therefore, many aids and donations came to the affected areas. However, the arrival of aids didn't result in similar perception among victims. The aim of this research is to analyze aid effectiveness of earthquake disaster victims in Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara. In addition, the expectation, realization, and response time of aids will be considered. This research implemented by using partial least square-structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM). This research uses six-first order latent variable, three-second order and one-third order latent variable were built by hierarchical construct model. Data were collected by using questionnaires with 5 likert scale on December 2018 that were distributed directly to 180 victims of earthquake disaster with purposive sampling method. The results show the expectation, realization, and response time regarding the aids for the victims was significant in affecting aid effectiveness and aids of earthquake disaster victims was effective.

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“…Creation of sustainable and scalable programs to address disparities in access to STEM education continues to be a challenge. Programs implemented by international nonprofits and think tanks often lack the resources to scale the number of teachers they can provide to any given program (Elayah, 2016). Additionally, the pedagogical methods used can be inappropriate for the specific context and culture for which they are intended.…”

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Design Thinking-Based STEM Learning: Preliminary Results on Achieving Scale and Sustainability Through the IGNITE Model

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Solutions to the most pressing global issues require creative innovators, critical thinkers, and problem-solvers. Yet rural communities globally often lack the resources to provide adequate STEM design-thinking coursework at the primary and secondary school level. Ignite is a novel approach to STEM curricula, providing a framework that addresses this disparity by using design thinking. Students are empowered to understand the sustainable development goals (SDGs) through the development of technological solutions to community or health problems; problems they may relate to or directly experience. Each Ignite curriculum follows a basic formula: (1) students learn a specific set of engineering skills, (2) students work in teams to use the human-centered design process, and (3) they develop a solution to a (SDG) using the engineering skills they learned. Ignite began with just four undergraduate students who participated in a design-thinking biomedical engineering course taught at Duke University. Through evidence-based peer-led co-learning model, 79 additional students from Guatemala and the U.S. have become trainers and have taught more than 1,500 students across 16 schools in Guatemala since 2017 with preliminary data suggesting the program has a positive impact on student perceptions of STEM in the inaugural school where Ignite was launched, Instituto Indigena Nuestra Senora del Socorro (IINSS). Preliminary data suggests that this program is both scalable and sustainable due to its peer-led, student learning model and due to a local partner, FUNDEGUA, who is managing the implementation of Ignite locally in Guatemala.

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Lack of foreign aid effectiveness in developing countries between a hammer and an anvil

Cited by 34 publications

References 12 publications

Do migrant remittances matter for financial development in Kenya?

Do migrant remittances matter for financial development in Kenya?

Efektivitas Bantuan Untuk Korban Bencana Gempa Bumi Lombok

Design Thinking-Based STEM Learning: Preliminary Results on Achieving Scale and Sustainability Through the IGNITE Model

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