The Impact of official development assistance (ODA) on human development index (HDI) in Sub Saharan African

Thesis(Master) --KDI School:Master of Development Policy,2017Sub Saharan African countries face challenges of massive poverty, lower economic growth, huge international migration, epidemic diseases, low levels of education and health etc. Governments of Sub Saharan African states do not have adequate finance to battle these challenges successfully. Hence, billions of dollars in the form of foreign aid have been transferred to solve the massive challenges. The objective of this study is to examine the impact of Official Development Assistance (ODA) on Human Development Index (HDI) in 45 Sub Saharan African Countries from 2000 up to 2014. The hypothesis that Official Development Assistance (ODA) has positive significant impact on Human Development Assistance (HDI) has been tested using Ordinary Least Square Regressions (OLS). The result shows ODA has no significant positive impact on HDI. However, the finding of the study show net GDP, Institutions measured by CPIA and personal remittances has significant positive effect on HDI, while population growth, military expenditure as percentage of GDP and CO2 emissions has significant negative effect on HDI.Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Literature Review Chapter 3: Hypothesis Development Chapter 4: Methodology Chapter 5: Data Analysis and Results Chapter 6: Conclusion and Policy RecommendationmasterpublishedAmanuel Habtetsion BERHANE