This paper surveys the economic literature on the scaling-up of aid to Africa. It provides a checklist of issues that need to be considered when preparing a long term macroeconomic projection for a country involving the assumption of a significant increase in aid. Such scaling-up scenarios are...

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Fiscal Policy for Economic Development: An Overview -- Fiscal Policy, Expenditure Composition, and Growth in Low-Income Countries -- Persistence of Fiscal Adjustments and Expenditure Composition in Low-Income Countries --...