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The macroeconomic management of increased aid : policy lessons from recent experience
Aiyar, Shekhar (contributor); Berg, Andrew (contributor);  … - 2008
This paper investigates the macroeconomic challenges created by a surge in aid inflows. It develops an analytical framework for examining possible policy responses to increased aid, in terms of absorption and spending of aid - where the central bank controls absorption through monetary policy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003793498
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Making Fiscal Space Happen : Managing Fiscal Policy in a World of Scaled-Up Aid
Heller, Peter - 2007
Debt relief and the scaling up of aid to low-income countries should allow for greater fiscal space for expenditure programs to create long-term growth and lower poverty rates. But designing a suitable medium-term fiscal framework that fosters a sustainable delivery of better public services and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012777965
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Cabo Verde transition finance country pilot
Morris, Rachel; Cattaneo, Olivier; Poensgen, Konstantin - 2018
A transition finance country pilot was initiated by the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) in partnership with the government of Cabo Verde. The study aims to capture the challenges facing Cabo Verde following graduation from Least Developed Country (LDC) to Lower Middle Income Category...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011992030
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Fiscal composition and aid effectiveness : a political-economy model
Mosley, Paul - 2012
In accounting for the rather gloomy trend of the aid effectiveness literature over the last few years, one explanatory strand has been fiscal, suggesting in particular that aid flows in weak states have tended to erode the taxbase and the structure of institutions. We pursue this idea, tracing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009508593
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Aid and Fiscal Management
Bulíř, Aleš - 2006
This paper focuses on the macroeconomic aspects of fiscal management in aid-receiving countries. Despite the declining share of aid in budgets of donor countries, aid continues to play an important role in many developing countries. The paper first discusses the implications of aid in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012783405
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A development consensus reconciling the Beijing Model and Washington Consensus : views and agenda
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2014
Reconciling the two dominant development models of the Washington Consensus (WC) and Beijing Model (BM) remains a critical challenge in the literature. The challenge is even more demanding when emerging development paradigms like the Liberal Institutional Pluralism (LIP) and New Structural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011409248
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The Macroeconomics of Managing Increased Aid Inflows : Experiences of Low-Income Countries and Policy Implications
International Monetary Fund - 2005
Investigates the macroeconomic challenges for low-income countries created by a surge in aid inflows. It develops an analytical framework for examining possible policy responses to increased aid, and then applies this framework to the experience of five relatively well-governed countries that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014409798
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Good governance and democratic budget policies : new tasks for parliaments and civil society
Casel, Gertrud (revision); Hambrink, Jürgen (contributor);  … - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013436592
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Effectiveness of foreign aid in poverty reduction in Africa : the role of fiscal policy
Iwegbu, Onyebuchi; Dauda, Risikat O. S. - In: CBN journal of applied statistics 13 (2022) 1, pp. 55-92
This study examines foreign aid effectiveness in poverty reduction in Africa with focus on the role of regional fiscal … significantly improves the income level in all the regions except Central Africa, and consumption in the Western and Central regions …. When augmented with effective fiscal policy on health foreign aid enhances households' income in West and Central Africa …
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Allocation​ ​of​ ​Public​ ​Resources​ ​for​ ​Scientific​ ​Research : The​ ​Role​ ​of​ ​Governments​ ​and​ ​the​ ​Law
Teramoto, Shinto - 2017
Over centuries, efficient allocation of limited resources has been one main concerns of governments and social scientists. The emergence of the Internet fuelled the proliferation of online matching platforms that facilitate the redistribution of omnipresent surplus resources. This article...
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