| dc.description.abstract | Aid effectiveness is one of the keys to achieving development and approaching sustainable
development goals. Considering the limited field of research on the overall development
outcomes of aid, this study examines the association between European Official Development
Assistance (ODA) and human development in Sub-Saharan Africa. Additionally, in line with
the importance of conditions for development, this study also seeks to investigate if the
association between ODA and human development is contingent on the level of women's
political empowerment. The empirical evidence on aid effectiveness is mixed, yet most research
shows negative results. Many components affect aid effectiveness; therefore, it is a complex
subject to study. Research on aid effectiveness is mainly restricted to outcomes in economic
development, and studies that consider context often focus on, for example, democracy and
corruption. Thereby, this study attempts to measure aid effectiveness, focusing on human
development outcomes. Furthermore, this study highlights the importance of context and
includes women's political empowerment as a conditional effect. This will be accomplished by
utilizing a quantitative method with cross-sectional time-series analysis, including data from
2000 to 2020 retrieved from the Quality of Government and OECD. This study shows that there
is a negative association between ODA and human development. Additionally, the results show
that the association between European ODA and human development, conditional on women's
political empowerment, is negative. However, this study implies a shift towards human
development as a proxy for development and exploration of the relatively new interaction term
on aid and women's political empowerment. | en |
