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Modelling the Fiscal Effects of Aid : An Impulse Response Analysis for Ghana
Osei, Robert; Morrissey, Oliver; Lloyd, Tim - 2003
between aid and fiscal aggregates. Vector autoregressive methods are applied to 34 years of annual data in Ghana to model the … effect of aid on fiscal behaviour. Results suggest that aid to Ghana has been associated with reduced domestic borrowing and … improved fiscal performance in Ghana, implying that the aid has been used sensibly (at least in fiscal terms) …
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Foreign aid and revenue response : an examination of joint General Budget Support
Knoll, Martin - 2011
The present paper explores the extent to which new joint General Budget Support (GBS) systems have been able to overcome the problems of aid dependency and negative fiscal incentives that can potentially result from high levels of on-budget aid. As approximately 90 percent of new joint GBS goes...
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A timeseries analysis of the impact of foreign aid on central government's fiscal budget in Uganda
Bwire, Thomas; Morrissey, Oliver; Lloyd, Tim A. - 2013
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 equilibrium, is associated with increased tax effort and...
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Taxation and Fiscal Reform in Ghana
Addison, Tony - 2014
To finance basic pro-poor services, the Government of Ghana must mobilize more public revenue. But tax reform has been … highly controversial in Ghana. An attempt to introduce VAT in 1995 failed after widespread protests. Although a second … paper concludes that much more attention must be given to the political economy of fiscal policy in Ghana, if lasting …
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The macroeconomic management of increased aid : policy lessons from recent experience
Aiyar, Shekhar (contributor); Berg, Andrew (contributor);  … - 2008
countries that recently experienced an aid surge (Ethiopia, Ghana, Tanzania, Mozambique and Uganda) shows no support for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003793498
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Aid and the fiscal and monetary responses to Dutch disease
Roe, Alan - 2011
This study assesses the fiscal and monetary management challenges that can be associated with large inflows of foreign aid. It provides a brief overview of the literature on Dutch Disease (DD) as applied to mineral wealth and then assesses the conventional policy responses that are available to...
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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...
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Foreign Aid, Fiscal Optimality and Economic Growth in Nigeria
Saibu, Olufemi - 2018
The main thrust of this study has been to provide empirical illuminations to the debate on the effectiveness of foreign aid in driving sustainable growth and development. Using an extended Barro style model of aid-augmented government expenditure and economic growth, an analytical model is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012925117
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Foreign aid, fiscal optimality and economic growth in Nigeria
Saibu, Olufemi Muibi; Obioesio, Felix - In: Spoudai : journal of economics and business 67 (2017) 4, pp. 85-99
The main thrust of this study has been to provide empirical illuminations to the debate on the effectiveness of foreign aid in driving sustainable growth and development. Using an extended Barro style model of aid-augmented government expenditure and economic growth, an analytical model is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011843944
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Public finance, aid, and post-conflict recovery
Boyce, James K. (contributor) - 2007
In the wake of violent conflict, a key element of building a durable peace is building a state with the ability to collect and manage public resources. To implement peace accords and provide public services, the government must be able to collect revenue, allocate resources, and manage...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003733938