For many low-income countries, there has been an extended period in which fiscal policy was not a choice, or was a choice made by authorities external to the country. For a number of them, this situation is now changing. Their own success in stabilising the economy, coupled with a shift in the...

The study is an empirical test of the effects of different categories of government expenditure, revenue and deficits on economic growth in developing countries. It is based on panel data of annual series over the last three decades for 103 countries, which are further classified into...

This paper considers some aspects of the effects of fiscal policy on macroeconomic adjustment in developing countries. First, the paper reviews the notion of the fiscal deficit in the particular context of developing countries. It then spells out the conditions under which the internal and...

This paper analyses the impact of fiscal policy on private investment for a sample of thirty-three LDCs. The paper makes a number of important contributions to the existing empirical literature. Its main contribution is that it is the first attempt to analyse the existence of a non-linear...

In this overview we try to explain, first, why funds continued to flow towards emerging economies while fundamentals in host countries had been deteriorating before the Asian crisis (rising external deficit, with a significant liquid component appreciating exchange rates; low capital formation,...

In this paper we discuss monetary and fiscal policy issues facing heavily-indebted poor countries (HIPCs) who receive debt reduction via the enhanced HIPC initiative. This debt relief program is distinguished from previous ones by its conditionality: freed resources must be used for poverty...

Die gegenwärtige Finanzkrise und die zu ihrer Eindämmung verabschiedeten staatlichen Hilfsprogramme treiben die Staatsschulden in die Höhe. Wann und mit welchen Maßnahmen sollte mit der Haushaltskonsolidierung begonnen werden? Nach Ansicht von Hans Fehr, Universität Würzburg, kann die...

Gerhard Illing, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München analysiert die Geld- und Fiskalpolitik in der Wirtschaftskrise: Kernproblem ist ein Konflikt zwischen Preis- und Finanzmarktstabilität: Die labile Konjunktur würde eigentlich niedrige Zinsen erfordern; niedrige Zinsen ermuntern aber die...

Die USA haben gewählt und den amtierenden Präsidenten Barack Obama in seinem Amt bestätigt. Nach Ansicht von Josef Braml, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik (DGAP), Berlin, bleibt angesichts der auch für Barack Obamas zweiter Amtszeit absehbaren Blockade der politischen Gewalten...