Aid effectiveness: Human rights as a conditionality measure

The ‘aid conditionality’ hypothesis as documented in the literature suggests that aid is effective augmenting growth only presence of a sound policy environment. This was so influential its recommendation, to provide conditional upon recipient domestic policies, currently dominant ODA allocation criterion. However non-economic dimensions development (political and institutional) are increasingly seen fundamental. For this reason, paper focuses on linkage between factor like Human Rights (reflecting repression corruption) measure effectiveness, explaining outcomes across 42 Least Developed economies. We find countries with better protection human rights experience positive from receipts, signifying role stronger institutions enabling more use aid. thus concludes measurement monitoring provision useful tool gauging likely effectiveness foreign