Question 6 Evaluate the following statements by deciding whether they are true o

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Question 6 Evaluate the following statements by deciding whether they are true or false Very bnienty provide a reason why [10 points] Sachs argues for higher quality of foreing aid to developing countries, whereas Easterly sees the main problem with aid in its low quantity a. b. Gine and Karlan (Group vs. Individual liability" 2006) find in their field experiment in Philippines strong empirical support for using the group-liability contract and not individual-liability contract, because the former leads to greater repayment rates c. Acemoglu, Johnson and Robinson (.Colonial origins2000) demonstrate that that the often-observed link between institutions and growth is not causal (i.e institutions do not affect development) Glewwe, Kremer and Moulin (2007) find evidence showing that providing textbooks to rural Kenyan primary schools increase average test scores, especially of the ex-ante weak students Duflo and Hanna (Monitoring works, 2005) find that monitoring teachers in informal one-teacher schools by making a photo of the teacher at the beginning and end of each school day leads to higher test scores of the students. d. e.

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a) TRUE: Easterly is having a valid point of main problem with its low quantity.

b) False : because the former does not lead to greater repayment rates.

c) False : as the link between instituition and growth is causal

d) True : as primary school increase average test scores

e) False as it is not productive work that making a photo of teacher would increase average test score

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