This paper analyses the impact of aid, and its optimal allocation, when conditionality is ineffective. It is assumed that the recipient government will implement its own preferences no matter what. In this set up, aid can still affect the behavior of a recipient, not through conditionality but through changing resource constraints. We analyze the problem in the tradition of models of optimal no...

How large are the welfare gains from trade when factors are misallocated due to domestic distortions? In this paper I provide a quantitative answer to this question by incorporating distortions to the allocation of labor across broad sectors into a model of structural change and Ricardian trade. Calibrating the model using 36 years of data for a diverse set of countries I find that (1) gains fr...

to identify anatomic and physiologic characteristics of children which are different from adults and to explain major patterns and responses of different types of injuries and to apply atls principles in management of injured kids and to emphasize on injury prevention to reduce the impact of injury in children. children have larger head, smaller jaw, shorter, narrower, funnel shaped airway, sof...