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  "title": "Does Foreign Aid Reduce Poverty? Empirical Evidence from Nongovernmental and Bilateral Aid",
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  "summary": "This paper assesses the effectiveness of foreign aid in reducing poverty through its impact on human development indicators. We use a dataset of both bilateral aid and NGO aid flows. Our results show that NGO aid reduces infant mortality and does so more effectively than official bilateral aid.",
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      "content": "- Assesses the effectiveness of foreign aid in reducing poverty through its impact on human development indicators.\n- Uses a dataset of both bilateral aid and NGO aid flows.\n- Authors: Boriana Yontcheva, Nadia Masud.\n- Publication date: May 1, 2005.\n- Publication type: IMF Working Paper No. 2005/100."
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      "content": "- NGO aid reduces infant mortality and does so more effectively than official bilateral aid.\n- The impact of foreign aid on illiteracy is less significant.\n- Tests for a substitution effect (whether foreign aid reduces government efforts in achieving developmental goals) yield mixed evidence."
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    "Published: May 1, 2005",
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    "Authors: Boriana Yontcheva, Nadia Masud.",
    "Publication date: May 1, 2005.",
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