TY - BOOK ID - 136603021 TI - Aid to the Services Sector : Does it Affect Manufacturing Exports? AU - Ferro, Esteban AU - Portugal-Perez, Alberto AU - Wilson, John S. PY - 2011 PB - Washington, D.C., The World Bank, DB - UniCat KW - Aid For Trade KW - Development Economics & Aid Effectiveness KW - E-Business KW - Economic Theory & Research KW - Emerging Markets KW - Foreign Aid KW - International Economics & Trade KW - International Trade KW - Manufacturing KW - Services KW - Transport Economics Policy & Planning UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:136603021 AB - This paper evaluates the impact of foreign aid to five service sectors (transportation, information and communications technologies, energy, banking/financial services, and business services) on exports of downstream manufacturing sectors in developing countries. To address the reverse causality between aid and exports, the analysis relies on an original identification strategy that exploits (i) the variation of aid flows to service sectors, and (ii) the variation of service-intensities across industrial sectors and countries using input-output data. The authors find a positive effect of aid to services, in general, on downstream manufacturing exports of developing countries across regions and income-level groups. ER -