Dış Yardım ve Yönetişimin Büyüme Üzerindeki Etkileri

Year 2023, Volume: 31 Issue: 57, 11 - 23, 26.07.2023

Pınar Hayaloğlu Muhammed Tümay

https://doi.org/10.17233/sosyoekonomi.2023.03.01

Abstract

Yeterli kaynağa sahip olmayan ülkelerde sermaye ihtiyacının karşılanmasında dış yardımlar önemli rol oynamaktadır. Ancak literatürde dış yardımların ekonomik performansı teşvik ettiği görüşü yanında, alıcı ülkelerde olumsuz etkileri olduğunu öne süren görüşler de mevcuttur. Bazı görüşler ise dış yardımların alıcı ülkelerdeki olumlu etkisinin ülkelerin kurumsal kalite düzeyine bağlı olduğunu savunmaktadır. Çalışmada dış yardımlar, yönetişimin kalitesi ve ekonomik büyüme arasındaki ilişkiler incelenmiştir. Söz konusu ilişkinin incelenmesinde dinamik panel veri analiz yönteminden yararlanılmıştır. Ampirik analizde 2000-2019 dönemini kapsayan dönemde dış yardım kullanan 78 düşük gelirli ülke örneklemi kullanılmıştır. Elde edilen bulgulara göre, örneklem ülkelerde dış yardımlar ekonomik büyümeyi negatif etkilemektedir. Ayrıca yönetişimin kalitesi ile ekonomik büyüme arasında pozitif yönlü bir ilişki tespit edilmiştir. Bu bulgular doğrultusunda, örneklem ülkelerde yönetişimin kalitesindeki iyileşmenin ekonomik performansı pozitif etkileyeceğini söyleyebiliriz.

Keywords

Dinamik Panel Veri Analizi, Dış Yardım, Ekonomik Büyüme, Yönetişim

The Effect of Foreign Aid and Governance on Economic Growth

Abstract

Foreign aid is essential in meeting the capital needs of countries that need more resources. However, in the literature, besides the view that foreign aid encourages economic performance, opinions suggest that it has adverse effects on recipient countries. Some ideas argue that the positive impact of foreign aid in recipient countries depends on the institutional quality level of the nations. We examine the relationships between foreign aid, the quality of governance, and economic growth using the dynamic panel data analysis method. The empirical analysis includes samples of 78 low-income countries that used foreign aid from 2000-2019. According to the findings, foreign aid affects economic growth negatively in sample countries. In addition, we find a positive relationship between the quality of governance and economic growth. In line with these findings, we can state that improvements in governance quality will positively impact economic development in the sample nations.

Keywords

Dynamic Panel Data Analysis, Foreign Aid, Economic Growth, Governance

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