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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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autoregressive methods, an impulse response function is estimated to model the effect of aid on fiscal behaviour in Ghana. Results … suggest that aid does not have a direct effect on the volume of government spending in Ghana but is treated as a substitute … indirect effect arising from higher tax revenue associated with aid inflows. This, aid to Ghana has tended to be associated …
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autoregressive methods, an impulse response function is estimated to model the effect of aid on fiscal behaviour in Ghana. Results … suggest that aid does not have a direct effect on the volume of government spending in Ghana but is treated as a substitute … indirect effect arising from higher tax revenue associated with aid inflows. This, aid to Ghana has tended to be associated …
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This paper uses the cointegrated vector autoregressive (CVAR) model to assess the dynamic relationship between foreign aid inflows, public expenditure, revenue and domestic borrowing in Ethiopia. It departs from the existing literature by using a unique quarterly fiscal dataset (1993-2008) and...
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This paper focuses on the macroeconomic management of large inflows of foreign aid. It investigates the extent to which African countries have coordinated fiscal and macroeconomic responses to aid surges. In practice, we construct a panel dataset to investigate the level of aid 'absorption' and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010288511
This paper focuses on the macroeconomic management of large inflows of foreign aid. It investigates the extent to which African countries have coordinated fiscal and macroeconomic responses to aid surges. In practice, we construct a panel dataset to investigate the level of aid 'absorption' and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008903097
This paper uses the cointegrated vector autoregressive (CVAR) model to assess the dynamic relationship between foreign aid inflows, public expenditure, revenue and domestic borrowing in Ethiopia. It departs from the existing literature by using a unique quarterly fiscal dataset (1993-2008) and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008903114
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 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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political economy in a way that engendered growth. Ghana provides a good case for an assessment of this question as it saw …-led growth. It also argues that aid has helped shape macroeconomic management in Ghana, identifying three channels through which … policy direction in Ghana. It concludes by arguing that the aid-induced policy has helped in the operation of a more …
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