The small states of the Asia and Pacific region face unique challenges in raising their growth potential and living … and production bases, exposure to shocks, and heavy reliance on aid. Higher fixed government costs, low access to credit … often face more limited policy tools, policies do matter and can further help build resilience and raise potential growth …

Demand and Growth Regimes (DGR) and Macroeconomic Policy Regimes (MPR) frameworks have taken prominence within the post … terms of aggregate demand and growth. In particular, it is possible to observe the MPR and DGR transition between 2002 and …

, intensity, and continuity of trends in total tax and total revenue collection, with implications for aid, fiscal policy, and … moderate to high growth rates in total revenues in the early to late 2000s, moderate growth levels may have turned out to be …

to volatile foreign aid, in a small open economy model that incorporates typical features of low-income countries. Within … a class of policy rules, it jointly considers the optimal aid spending and international reserve accumulation policies … aid, while partially accumulating foreign exchange reserves to offset Dutch disease effects. Also, allocating relatively …

This paper employs a cointegrated vector autoregressive model to assess the growth effect of aid in Uganda over the … period 1972-2008. Results show that aid in Uganda has had both direct and indirect beneficial association with growth; that … it is the productivity and not the stead state level of investment that contributes to achieving target growth rates; and …

A dynamic relationship between foreign aid and domestic fiscal variables in Uganda is analysed using a cointegrated … vector autoregressive model over the period 1972-2008. Results show that aid is a significant element of long-run fiscal … are the pulling forces, while those to domestic borrowing, government spending and aid are the pushing forces of the …