Thorpe, Tejuola2013-08-272013-08-2720112011http://hdl.handle.net/10393/25452This paper uses an unbalanced panel data covering the period from 2003-2009, to assess the impact of foreign aid i.e net official assistance per capita on the incidence of poverty in sub-Saharan Africa. Human Poverty index (HPI-I) computed by UNDP is usedenIs Foreign aid an antidote for human poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa?